In an interview on "Fox and Friends" Friday morning , President Trump said he is no longer sending the National Guard to Chicago, saying instead that they'll be deployed to Memphis, Tennessee.
The White House has been sending mixed signals over whether they would be sending troops to Chicago for some time, even as immigration activity has ramped up under the banner of " Operation Midway Blitz ."
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump appeared to already be backtracking on plans to send the guard to Chicago, saying he would be announcing he'd be sending troops to another city "very shortly." He appeared to make that announcement on the Fox News morning show Friday.
"I'll be the first to say it now, we're going to Memphis," the president said. "I would have preferred going to Chicago."
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