The National Guard will be deployed to Memphis, President Donald Trump confirmed on Fox News on Sept. 12.

The confirmation follows days of speculation and reporting that Memphis would be the next destination for National Guard troops.

“I am just announcing that now, and we’ll straighten that out,” Trump said after the announcement. “...National Guard, and anybody else we need. And by the way, we’ll bring the military too, if we need it.”

Trump said Memphis is "deeply troubled," but that both Memphis Mayor Paul Young and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee were happy about the deployment.

Trump also said he spoke with an individual on the board of FedEx who told him that Memphis should be the next city on the list of deployment.

On Sept. 10, Lee said in a statement that he had been in constant

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