President Trump sending National Guard to Memphis

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Trump sending National Guard to Memphis, "would have preferred Chicago"
In an interview on "Fox and Friends" Friday morning, President Trump said he is no longer sending the National Guard to Chicago, saying instead that they'll be deployed to Memphis, Tennessee.The White House has been sending mixed signals over whether they would be sending troops to Chicago for some time,

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President Trump shifts sights from Chicago, announces Memphis National Guard deployment for crime crackdown
Trump Says He's Sending the National Guard to Memphis Next, Not Chicago
Bartlett man afraid to go to Memphis welcomes National Guard
The mother of a crime victim and a Bartlett man afraid of crime in Memphis are putting out the welcome mat for the National Guard.

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Tennessee’s Governor Welcomes Plan to Deploy Guard to Memphis
Tennessee governor backs Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard to Memphis
Here's where Trump says he's sending the National Guard next
"I did not ask for the National Guard and I don’t think it’s the way to drive down crime," Mayor Paul Young said at a news conference Friday, while acknowledging the city remained high on too many "b...

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Trump says he's sending the National Guard to Memphis, though he 'would have preferred' Chicago

The move follows Trump’s earlier decision to place the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, under federal control and order about 2,000 National Guard troops into the nation’s capital, as well as the deployment of troops to Los Angeles to assist immigration officials.
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