With governor’s invitation, New Orleans is latest in Trump’s crime-fighting push

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00:00President Donald Trump appears to have added another major U.S. city to his federal deployment

00:05plans after a governor requested the president's help.

00:10So we're going to be going to maybe Louisiana and you have New Orleans, which has a crime

00:17problem. We'll straighten that out in about two weeks. It'll take us two weeks easier than D.C.

00:21Trump made the announcement as he hosted the Republic of Poland's president in the Oval

00:26office on Wednesday. He shared the update after leaders in Illinois discouraged Trump from

00:31deploying the National Guard to Chicago. He said Louisiana's Governor Jeff Landry, a Republican

00:37who Trump endorsed for the seat, requested the federal government's help to address crime in

00:42the Pelican state. According to the New Orleans Police Department, murders in the city dropped

00:46from the record high of 266 in 2022 to 124 in 2024. This year, the city is on track for its

00:56safest year in five decades. Police have reported just 73 murders as of August 30th. The declining

01:02crime rate and the city's experience with National Guard troops patrolling the street after Hurricane

01:08Katrina 20 years ago prompted mayoral candidates to speak out against Trump's plans. Royce Duplice's

01:15currently a state senator wrote on Facebook, quote, history has shown us that federal troop deployments

01:20do not solve crime. They only create tension, chaos and distrust. As for Trump, the president

01:26said he is now opting for city leaders and governors to reach out to the White House for federal help

01:32policing streets and reducing crime. The people in Chicago, the people in Baltimore, the people in

01:38all of the places we talk about, they want to see us there. And I think we're pretty much waiting till

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