President Donald Trump, center, gestures next to New York Yankees president Randy Levine, front right, during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)2025-09-12T12:30:47Z NEW YORK (AP) President Donald Trump said Friday hell send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor.Trump, a Republican, said on Fox News Channel the mayor is happy and the governor is happy about the pending deployment. The mayor is a Democrat, and the governor is a Republican.He said the city is deeply troubled and were going to fix that just like we did Washington, where hes sent National Guard and surged federal law enforcement.Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, Trump has openly mused about sending troops to some of the nations most Democratic cities including Chicago and Baltimore claiming they are needed to crack down on crime.Trump said he would have preferred going to Chicago, where local politicians have fiercely resisted his plans, but he suggested it was a hostile place with professional agitators. Trump first deployed troops to Los Angeles in early June over Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsoms objections by putting the California National Guard under federal jurisdiction, known as Title 10, to protect federal property from protests over immigration raids. Besides 4,000 guard members, Trump later sent 700 active duty Marines, and California sued over the intervention. The guard went on to help protect officers during immigration arrests. Meanwhile, the unique status of the District of Columbia National Guard Trump is its commander in chief means he has been able to use it for everything from armed patrols to trash cleanup without any legal issues. Because it is on state and not federal orders, legal restrictions on law enforcement dont come into effect.