--- title: Trump Floats Sending National Guard to New Orleans | TIME description: President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted his takeover of Washington, D.C., as a success and floated the idea of launching a similar crackdown on crime in New Orleans. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, Trump cast D.C. as a crime-ridden city up until he declared a public safety emergency in the nation’s capital and federalized the city’s police force three weeks ago. “Now it’s considered a totally safe zone,” he said. City data showed that violent crime in D.C. was already falling significantly before the Administration’s operation, but does indicate a further decline in crime during the takeover. Taking credit for the recent drop, Trump suggested sending National Guard troops to other major cities, too. canonical: https://time.com/video/iWmi935e/ og:title: Trump Floats Sending National Guard to New Orleans og:description: President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted his takeover of Washington, D.C., as a success and floated the idea of launching a similar crackdown on crime in New Orleans. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, Trump cast D.C. as a crime-ridden city up until he declared a public safety emergency in the nation’s capital and federalized the city’s police force three weeks ago. “Now it’s considered a totally safe zone,” he said. City data showed that violent crime in D.C. was already falling significantly before the Administration’s operation, but does indicate a further decline in crime during the takeover. Taking credit for the recent drop, Trump suggested sending National Guard troops to other major cities, too. og:url: https://time.com/video/iWmi935e/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/iWmi935e/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Floats Sending National Guard to New Orleans twitter:description: President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted his takeover of Washington, D.C., as a success and floated the idea of launching a similar crackdown on crime in New Orleans. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, Trump cast D.C. as a crime-ridden city up until he declared a public safety emergency in the nation’s capital and federalized the city’s police force three weeks ago. “Now it’s considered a totally safe zone,” he said. City data showed that violent crime in D.C. was already falling significantly before the Administration’s operation, but does indicate a further decline in crime during the takeover. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Trump Floats Sending National Guard to New Orleans [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Floats Sending National Guard to New Orleans](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/iWmi935e.m3u8) (0:45)  _Published 2025-09-03. President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted his takeover of Washington, D.C., as a success and floated the idea of launching a similar crackdown on crime in New Orleans. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, Trump cast D.C. as a crime-ridden city up until he declared a public safety emergency in the nation’s capital and federalized the city’s police force three weeks ago. “Now it’s considered a totally safe zone,” he said. City data showed that violent crime in D.C. was already falling significantly before the Administration’s operation, but does indicate a further decline in crime during the takeover. Taking credit for the recent drop, Trump suggested sending National Guard troops to other major cities, too._ --- Sep 3, 2025 8:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Trump's Takeover of Washington Law Enforcement Begins After National Guard Troops Arrive](/video/7EtUNMsA/) ### Trump's Takeover of Washington Law Enforcement Begins After National Guard Troops Arrive [D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Calls Trump's City Takeover "Unsettling"](/video/YxiAIc49/) ### D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Calls Trump's City Takeover "Unsettling" [D.C. Mayor Says Trump Has A Responsibility to Calm the Nation](/video/6meSvYAs/) ### D.C. Mayor Says Trump Has A Responsibility to Calm the Nation --- ## Transcript So we're 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's become quite, you know, quite tough, quite bad. So we're going to be going to, uh, maybe Louisiana. And you have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We'll straighten that out in about two weeks. It'll take us two weeks easier than D.C., but we could straighten out Chicago. All they have to do is ask us to go into Chicago. If we don't have the support of some of these politicians. But I'll tell you who is supporting us. 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