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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement.

Trump has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore following his administration deploying troops and federal agents to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., last month.

“So we’re making a determination now,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki. “Do we go to Chicago? Do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that’s become quite, you know, quite tough, quite bad.”

Trump now frequently boasts about turning Washington into a “safe zone.” The White House reports more than 1,760 arrests citywide since the president first announced he was mobilizing federal forces on Aug. 7.

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[-] Marshezezz 8 points 2 days ago

Trump is a pedophile and doing everything he can to try and make people forget about it

[-] don@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Good for them. I’m sure Louisianans love a good spit roast.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Trump now frequently boasts about turning Washington into a “safe zone.”

He very nearly bragged about creating safe spaces, before remembering that he's supposed to hate those.

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