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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

Trump eyes Memphis for next federal crackdown on crime but admits he would have preferred to send Guard to Chicago

Donald Trump says that his next federal crackdown on crime will be in Memphis, Tennessee, but said he would have "preferred" to send National Guard troops to Chicago after previously saying he wanted to "clean up" the Windy City.

During a Friday interview with Fox and Friends, the president claimed that the boss of a major railway line had needed to travel in an "armored vehicle with bulletproof glass" when traveling just one block while visiting Memphis.

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