President Donald Trump suggested he could send federal troops to New Orleans to thwart violent crime in the Crescent City, the president said on Wednesday.
Sept. 3 U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he could send federal troops to New Orleans to thwart violent crime in the Crescent City, the president said on Wednesday.
The potential deployment could mirror what the president has done in Washington and said he will do soon in Chicago.
« We are making the determination now: Do we go to Chicago? Or do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor . who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that’s become quite, quite tough [and] quite bad? » Trump told media on Wednesday.
The president said New Orleans « has a crime problem » and a troop deployment could « straighten that out in two weeks. »
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is a Republican and affirmed his support for federal intervention in New Orleans and elsewhere.
