President Trump floats deploying National Guard troops to New Orleans

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

09/03/2025 01:17 PM EDT


President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he may deploy federal troops to New Orleans next, not Chicago, and is waiting for governors to ask for help — a shift in his rhetoric about moving into major U.S. cities uninvited.

“We are 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 that has become quite – quite tough, quite bad?” Trump said during an Oval Office meeting alongside Poland’s new president.

“You have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We’ll straighten that out in two weeks, easier than D.C.,” Trump said. That was a walk-back of his declaration just 24 hours earlier that “we’re going in” to Chicago, a city he has long maligned for violent crime but has a Democratic governor who opposes Trump’s deployment of federal troops in his state.

While he again credited the federal troops for D.C.’s drop in crime since their deployment last month, the president’s shifting plans for the next phase in his crackdown on urban crime marked a tacit acknowledgement of the legal challenges he’ll face going beyond his authority within the District of Columbia. He suggested he’d be holding off on sending more federal troops into states where governors oppose such a move.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/trump-federal-troops-new-orleans-chicago-00541810

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[tonekat]

1. The worst crimes in the U.S. will be solved

When trump goes to prison.

[twodogsbarking]

2. Let's clear up the Epstein issue first.

[Zorro]

3. Why not Shreveport?

Oh, Republican mayor. Never mind.

And then there's this (as expected, it's the Democrats/Soros that are to blame):

Speaker Mike Johnson says Shreveport 'Democratic DA' is to blame for high crime

When asked about crime in Caddo Parish, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the "Democratic DA" is not prosecuting as he should.

Johnson appeared on CNN News Central on Friday and addressed the possibility of bringing the National Guard to Shreveport and Caddo Parish after FBI crime statistics showed that the violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2024 were higher in the city than in Washington, D.C.

“There’s a lot of good work that’s been done. There are a lot of reasons for that. But, we have a Democratic DA there who has not been prosecuting crime as some other more aggressive DAs have around the country,” Johnson said. Billionaire George “Soros funded that individual to be elected. But, I’ll say that, you know, it’s an urban area that has a lot of problems that are happening around the country, and we have to address it.”

https://www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_26a0cce1-421e-44a4-adf9-97fa8e21d301.html

[CrispyQ]

6. I knew they'd find a way to blame the dems, but shame on me for taking George Soros off my BINGO card too soon!!

[BOSSHOG]

4. Jeff landry is a jerk

Conservatism is a cancer, RFK is a monster, Epstein is alive and well. Trump can’t lead follow govern or obey the law. The gop is an utter and total failure of humanity.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Puppet tRump backtracked. Must have got his orders from his handlers

Yesterday, Vance said invasions with troops were on hold, waiting for Governors to request them. This morning tRump denied it. Then this afternoon he has reversed and "suggested he’d be holding off on sending more federal troops into states where governors oppose such a move."

[slightlv]

7. Am I bad for being so fed up, that I wish the entire US would

go out into the streets and start a war against this maladministration? Maybe make trump go back down into that hole that is is "safe room."

[moonshinegnomie]

9. im actually preparing.

do I think it will happen??? 8 months ago i would have said no chance but now???? who knows.

the right always assumes liberals are unarmed..... I beg to differ......

[PSPS]

8. Another distraction for the media to cover instead of Epstein.

He REALLY fears that coming out.

[Hekate]

10. At what point are MAGAGOPs going to realize that He Is Nuts?

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Lucky for them ... they could use a break ! They can protect Bourbon Street all they want, so long as they tip. nt

[twodogsbarking]

12. Who does he hate there more than Chicago?

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Take a guess

[twodogsbarking]

20. Thanks, makes sense.

[TomSlick]

14. Bored National Guard troops on Bourbon Street.

What could go wrong?

[popsdenver]

15. Louisiana won't protest back like

Chicago....., besides, Trump just sent them the headquarters of the Space Force.......figuring it would make Louisianna do anything to please Trump....

[hedda_foil]

17. Space Force is going to Alabama. Close but not Louisiana.

[popsdenver]

18. Sorry

my mistake.............

[sillywabbit]

16. We were considering a trip to New Orleans

but if Trump sends troops there, we will not go.

[Smackdown2019]

19. New Orleans national guard on picket duty

Picket Duty to prevent the alligators from marching in.

They are not to have any police powers... there is a US Congressional Law enacted in the 19th century.

Rule of law. We must follow or anything one does, may suffer the consequences if they fail to follow the rules and regulations set forth.