Trump sending National Guard to New Orleans in next crime crackdown
Source: The Hill
09/05/25 9:11 PM ET
President Trump announced Friday that he will soon be sending the National Guard to New Orleans after previously teasing that he would be targeting the city in his next federal crime crackdown. Were going to come into New Orleans, and were going to make that place so safe, Trump said during a Friday night event held in the White Houses newly renovated Rose Garden. Its got a little problem right now, a couple of headaches, like murders, a lot of little murders going on, and were not going to stand for it. And were going to come in, were going to clean it up.
Trumps confirmation that hes planning to federalize New Orleans law enforcement comes days after he floated the idea. Trump on Wednesday said he was debating between sending Guardsmen into New Orleans, targeting a Republican-controlled state, or to Chicago.
Were making a determination now do we go to Chicago, or do we go to a place like New Orleans where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country thats become quite tough, quite bad, Trump said Wednesday.
Illinois Democrats have been vocal about their lack of support for a federal crime crackdown in Chicago, with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) warning the president not to do so and calling his plans an insult.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5489619-trump-sending-national-guard-new-orleans/
REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143523527
The coward is now explicitly going after mayors who are not only POC, but WOMEN (L.A., D.C., Boston, New Orleans), after the men dared him (Chicago, Baltimore).
And as a note about Landry, who they had to CLEAN UP before the next episode of the psychotic WH reality show - Louisiana governor pays fine and discloses $13K in unreported free trips in deal to end ethics probe

CincyDem
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IronLionZion
(49,889 posts)For DC, they were only in the lowest crime (tourist) neighborhoods and rounding up Latinos in Latino neighborhoods. They did nothing for the high crime neighborhoods.
dutch777
(4,708 posts)speak easy
(12,385 posts)mwmisses4289
(2,202 posts)with the underlying threat of legal action if it continued. While the Mayor of NO will hopefully push back, she won't be supported by her gov if she does. Indeed he will probably welcome this with open arms, and see it as a way to figure out how to remove and replace the Mayor with a good ole boi.
BumRushDaShow
(160,061 posts)
AND that CA governor DID file suit and has some legal wins under his belt.
But the difference is the mayor of Los Angeles (Karen Bass) is a black woman and he has a sick power-tripping obsession over black women.
Unfortunately, the mayor of New Orleans (LaToya Cantrell) has her own legal issues (seemingly not unlike what has happened to Fulton County, GA D.A. Fani Willis).
ashredux
(2,765 posts)People coming to New Orleans is one of the largest money makers in the state. This will be interesting.
Bayard
(26,974 posts)Nobody is going to come here when they might be nabbed off the street.
mwb970
(11,949 posts)Presumably they will remain in safe, crime-free areas as they have elsewhere, wasting our tax money to, I guess, glorify Der Führer.
Marthe48
(21,790 posts)Fixed the headline
AverageOldGuy
(2,948 posts)A Louisiana politician being the subject of an "ethics probe?" Well, speaking as a native of SW Mississippi, three miles from the LA state line, with half of my family being SE LA coonass Cajuns, and with family members who are LA politicans -- am I ever shocked and surprised!!!
Quoting one of my Cajun cousins: "It's a lot cheaper to pay a judge than pay a lawyer!!"
Martin68
(26,458 posts)Mike Johnson wasn't sure what he thought. He may not even so happy now.
Bayard
(26,974 posts)And when did murder just become a headache? The comments just show his actual concern over crime in the city.
Griefbird
(121 posts)It is a crime.