What we know about Trump's push to send the National Guard to Memphis

Source: CNN

What we know about Trump’s push to send the National Guard to Memphis

Updated Sep 15, 2025, 9:37 AM ET
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2025, 6:57 AM ET
By Hanna Park

Memphis is bracing for the potential arrival of the National Guard as President Donald Trump’s administration intensifies its efforts to crack down on crime across the nation’s major cities.

“We’re going to Memphis,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” in an interview Friday, calling the Democratic-led city “deeply troubled” and “we’re going to fix that just like we did Washington.”

Speaking to CNN, Mayor Paul Young said Saturday he was “not happy” about the National Guard potentially coming to his city, but that he was looking for ways to invest in addressing crime in the city.

The potential deployment is part of Trump’s broader effort to expand his anti-crime push nationwide and would mark the first such effort in a Republican state, at a time when the president has faced increasing scrutiny for his targeting of Democratic-led cities.

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Related: Memphis mayor says he got confirmation National Guard would be deployed from Trump’s TV comments (Associated Press)