The Memphis mayor says President Donald Trump’s TV announcement was the first hard confirmation he received that Trump would send in the National Guard to address crime.

President Donald Trump claims federal officers reduced crime in Memphis and plans National Guard deployment, drawing mixed reactions from Tennessee officials.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he's planning to send federal law enforcement and the National Guard into Memphis, Tennessee, to lower crime in the city following his surge into Washington, D.C. over the last month.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, has said he does not support National Guard troops being deployed to the city despite President Donald Trump telling Fox News on Friday that the mayor did.

Pentagon officials confirmed the accuracy of the documents but said they “should not be interpreted as policy.”

Trump did not say on Friday what law he would invoke to send troops to Memphis. A federal judge ruled earlier in September that the National Guard’s deployment in Los Angeles this summer violated federal law due to the troops’ use in civil law enforcement functions.

Trump began a major anti-crime push in Washington, D.C., over the summer and deployed National Guard troops to the nation's capital. While Republicans argue that the troops have made D.C. safer, Democrats have blasted the federal takeover.

A suspect in Charlie Kirk's shooting was arrested. Trump vowed to go after ‘radical-left political violence.’ Trump health officials plan to link covid shots to child deaths. Trump announced National Guard troops will be deployed to Memphis.