Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump On Wednesday, New Orleans proposed that he could become his next target for deploying National Guard to combat crime, potentially expanding the number of cities across the country where he can send federal law enforcement.
Trump has already said he is going to send the National Guard. In Chicago and Baltimore Following his administration, deploying military and federal agents Patrol the streets of Washington, DC last month.
“So we’re making up our minds now,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with the Polish president. Karol Nawrocki. “Would we go to Chicago? We’re going to places like New Orleans, where we have the great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to straighten out a very wonderful section of this country.
Trump is now frequently pride in turning Washington into a “safe zone.” The White House has reported more than 1,760 arrests citywide since the president first announced that he would mobilize federal forces on August 7th.
But Washington is a federal district Laws that grant Trump’s power He will take over local police for up to 30 days. The decision to use the military to quell crime in other democratically controlled cities across the country represents a significant escalation.
Trump’s latest comments came the day after he declared “we’re in” and suggested that the National Guard might soon head to Chicago and Baltimore, the third largest cities in the country. That’s despite both state and local officials and many residents, both stubbornly oppose the idea.
But New Orleans is managed by Democrats in the red state run by laundry.
“So we’re probably going to Louisiana, and you have New Orleans, it has crime issues. We’ll straighten it in about two weeks,” Trump said. “It’s easier than DC and takes two weeks.”
City leaders quickly balked the idea.
City councillor Oliver Thomas, who is also a candidate for mayor, said in a text message. “It would seem like a very political or a huge overreaction!”
Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly let go of the Democratic government. JB Pritzker Because they do not require the deployment of the National Guard.
“We can straighten Chicago. All they have to do is ask them to go to Chicago. Without the support of some of these politicians, tell us who are the people of Chicago, who are supporting us,” Trump said Wednesday.
Pretz Car And mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson Chicago declares that it does not need or want military intervention. In Baltimore, Mayor Brandon Scott and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore are similarly opposed.
Washington, mayor Muriel Bowser Trump’s decision to flood her city police and flood streets with hundreds of federal law enforcement agents and National Guard troops has succeeded in reducing violent crime, but she also argues that similar outcomes could simply be achieved by serving more city police officers.
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Jack Brook, Associated Press Writer from New Orleans, contributed to this report.
