Trump claims FBI deployment reduced Memphis crime as city faces potential National Guard intervention

On Saturday, President Donald Trump, Tennessee, Memphis’teki “the only reason for the fall of the crime” FBI and other federal officers in the last five months to address “absolutely terrible crime numbers” to address.

In fact social postTrump added that he did the same in Chicago and Los Angeles.

“But the real work has almost ever begun by us.” “This happens after making the official announcement that we came, and when we do this, now very safe Washington, as we do in DC,” miracle “starts no crime. I can only save them !!!”

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The task comes after Trump on Friday, he said that Memphis was the next city where the national guard troops were deployed potentially to address a crime.

Memphis, According to the data provided by the White House, the Mississippi River limited the highest violence rate in the United States in 2024 and the third highest murder rate. So far, about 150 murders have been reported in the city.

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The Republican Tennessee government Bill Lee said in an X mission that the President was grateful to the unchanging support and commitment to provide every resource to serve the Memphians. “

“I am looking forward to working with local authorities and law enforcement officers to continue to give results.”

You. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. [her] “Call to make Memphis safe again, indicate that it supports the deployment of national guards after” enormous success “in reducing violence crimes in the country’s capital.

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Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he supported focused federal initiatives, while other local authorities were less optimistic.

Lee Harris, the Mayor of Shelby County, said before the Fox News Digital on Friday, “disappointing, democratic anti-democratic, and violated American norms and possibly US laws.”

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“In the short term, the president’s attack will probably cause confusion and fear in many communities, especially in the most vulnerable ones.” He said. “In the long run, the sign of Tennessee communities occupied by federal forces will damage the reputation of our state for generations.”

Cameron Arcand, Charles Creitz and Peter Burke of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.