Trump Eyes Deploying Forces on Friendlier Turf in New Orleans
Police and military personnel stand guard around the French Quarter following the Bourbon Street attack, a day prior to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Feb. 8.
Photographer: Don Juan Moore/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump indicated his next deployment of federal troops could be to New Orleans at the behest of Republican Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, as local leaders in Chicago continue to decry his pledge to send the National Guard to their city.
“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’s become quite, you know, quite tough, quite bad?” Trump said.