President Donald Trump couldn’t wait to send the National Guard into Los Angeles. And D.C.. And Portland. And Chicago. All places where they weren’t invited and where many locals wanted none of his alleged “help.”

Yet when it comes to Louisiana, Trump has now waited well over a month to respond to his ally Gov. Jeff Landry’s request, announced on Fox News to Sean Hannity at the end of September, to send 1,000 federalized Louisiana National Guard troops into New Orleans, Baton Rouge and other cities to fight crime.

Sure, Trump hasn’t rejected Landry’s request to use federal money to deploy the troops that he has the power to activate on his own — albeit on the state’s dime.

And yes, he has mused at times about sending troops into New Orleans, despite dropping crime rates and a successf

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