Trump Floats Sending National Guard to New Orleans

TIME

President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted his takeover of Washington, D.C., as a success and floated the idea of launching a similar crackdown on crime in New Orleans.  Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, Trump cast D.C. as a crime-ridden city up until he declared a public safety emergency in the nation’s capital and federalized the city’s police force three weeks ago. “Now it’s considered a totally safe zone,” he said. City data showed that violent crime in D.C. was already falling significantly before the Administration’s operation, but does indicate a further decline in crime during the takeover. Taking credit for the recent drop, Trump suggested sending National Guard troops to other major cities, too.

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00:00So we're making a determination now, do we go to Chicago or do we go to a place like New Orleans,

00:07where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice

00:14section of this country that's become quite, you know, quite tough, quite bad. So we're going to

00:22be going to maybe Louisiana, and you have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We'll straighten

00:28that out in about two weeks. It'll take us two weeks. Easier than D.C. But we could straighten

00:33out Chicago. All they have to do is ask us to go into Chicago if we don't have the support of some

00:39of these politicians. But I'll tell you who is supporting us, the people of Chicago.

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