U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tenn., to combat crime, following his administration's unprecedented police takeover in Washington, D.C., last month.

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

"We're going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled," Trump said in an interview with the Fox News program. "We're going to fix that, just like we did Washington."

Trump said the Memphis mayor, a Democrat, was "happy" with the move. Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, confirmed the deployment in a news conference Friday.

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