By Jarrett Renshaw

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee to combat crime, following his administration’s unprecedented police takeover in Washington last month.

“We’re going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled,” Trump said in an interview with the Fox News “Fox and Friends” program. “We’re going to fix that, just like we did Washington.”

Trump, who has sought to make crime a central issue despite declines in violent crimes in many cities, announced the decision to deploy federal troops to the Tennessee city after meeting resistance with his earlier plans to send immigration agents and National Guard troops to Chicago.

He said deployments could follow to other cities, including New Orleans, Louisiana.

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