The President of the United States Donald Trump 12. September threatened to put the National Guard in Memphis, the capital of Tennessee to deal with alleged fears of crime, and, etc.
Donald Trump, who spoke to Fox and Friends at Fox News, said he would send a National Guard there to “correct” crimes, with the support of the mayor and governor, Reuters reported.
What did Donald Trump said about Memphis?
“We’ll fix it, just as we did Washington,” Donald Trump said, adding that the city was “deeply concerned”.
“We will also bring the army if we need it. We will straighten the crime of these cities,” Bloomberg quoted him.
FBI data suggest that in the last five years violent crimes in Memphis have been constantly between 15,000 and 16,000 a year, an increase in several thousand compared to ten years. Trump noted that in Washington in DC, where local officials share control with the federal government, he holds “more power” and said that his administration maintains a good working relationship with the democratic mayor Muriel Bower, said NBC report.
In particular, the US President previously deployed the National Guard into the capital of Washington DC and Los Angeles, California, Hollywood’s home. In addition, he threatened a similar event in Chicago (Illinois) and New Orleans (Louisiana). All of them are democratic cities.
Trump directed about 2,300 guards to guard Washington, DC, and described the city as “dirty and criminal embarrassment”. This step caused resistance, and critics accused Trump of the expression of authoritarian tendencies. Washington’s general prosecutor Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit to stop deployment and described it as “involuntary military occupation” that exceeded the President’s legal powers.
Schwalb also claimed that the use of the National Guard for the purposes of the police was “unnecessary and undesirable”, warning that it could escalate tension, endanger public security and negatively influence the local economy by discouraging tourists and shoppers.
Although Trump faced criticism, he prevented his actions as an effort to solve a growing crime and rejected the accusation of choosing cities that follow his political rivals. He also issued a warning about the potential deployment of soldiers to other cities led by Democrat, including Baltimor, Chicago and New Orleans.
(With the entry from agencies)
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