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President Donald Trump says he’s sending the National Guard to Memphis to fight crime. 

Trump made the comments Friday morning in an interview on "Fox and Friends," adding to the list of cities he says are "deeply troubled" and in need of fixing. 

Why does Trump want to send troops to Memphis? 

What they're saying:

Trump said he decided to send troops into Memphis after Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena urged him earlier this week to address crime in the city. Vena used to regularly visit the city when he served on the board of FedEx. 

Vena was in the Oval Office to pitch the benefits of Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern, but Trump said he asked Vena’s advice about where the administration should go next to "straighten out crime in the cities." 

Memphis Skyline on Mississippi Riveron Mississippi River, Tennessee. (Photo by: Visions of America/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

He said Vena told him Memphis would be good because FedEx wouldn’t even let him walk one block in the city to his hotel and insisted he take an armored vehicle.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee confirmed the deployment is happening and said he supports the move.

"I’m grateful for the President’s unwavering support and commitment to providing every resource necessary to serve Memphians," Lee said in a statement. "Memphis remains on a path to greatness, and we are not going to let anything hold them back."

The other side:

In the interview Friday morning, Trump said he had support from both the governor and the mayor of Memphis, but Memphis Mayor Paul Young disputed those claims. 

"I did not ask for the National Guard and I don’t think it’s the way to drive down crime," Mayor Paul Young said at a news conference Friday, while acknowledging the city remained high on too many "bad lists."

Steve Mulroy, the district attorney for Shelby County, which includes the city of Memphis, said he hoped the governor would tell the Trump administration that a better strategy would be sending more FBI and other federal law enforcement agents, "people with actual training in civilian law enforcement, unlike military troops."

"These high-profile, short-term military deployments risk seeming performative and leaving no lasting impact," Mulroy, a Democrat, said Friday.

Which other cities could see National Guard troops?  

The backstory:

Trump has floated the idea of sending troops to several cities to combat crime. 

His administration has already deployed troops to Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., but Washington is a federal district that gives Trump power to take over the local police force for up to 30 days. Using troops in cities not under federal jurisdiction would be a big escalation.

Trump first deployed troops to Los Angeles in early June over Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s objections by putting the California National Guard under federal jurisdiction, known as Title 10, to protect federal property from protests over immigration raids. The guard later helped protect officers during immigration arrests.

Last week, Trump said he was considering sending the National Guard to New Orleans, a Democrat-run city in a Republican-run state. That was two days after he said he was sending troops into Chicago in Baltimore.

Trump said Friday that he "would have preferred going to Chicago," but said the city is too "hostile" with "professional agitators.

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"It’s disturbing that the president is hellbent on sending troops onto America’s streets," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said. "Using those who serve in uniform as political props is insulting. None of this is normal."

Trump said Vena also recommended that Trump send troops to St. Louis.