President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, to combat crime, following his administration’s unprecedented police takeover in the capital Washington last month.

Trump has sought to make crime a central issue even as violent crime rates have fallen in many cities. His crackdown on Democratic-led municipalities has spurred protests, including a demonstration by several thousand people in Washington last weekend.

“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 said Memphis’ mayor, a Democrat, was “happy” with the move.

The office of Memphis Mayor Paul Young did not immediately respond to a reque

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