Trump to send national guard to Memphis and says Chicago is ‘probably next’
by Lauren Gambino from World news | The Guardian on (#70284)
Move is latest push by administration to expand military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run cities
Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that would send national guard troops into Memphis, in a replica" of the administration's expanding military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run cities.
The move was welcome by Tennessee's Republican governor, Bill Lee, who stood behind Trump in the Oval Office as he signed a presidential memo establishing a Memphis Safe Task Force.
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