Trump Suggests Sending National Guard to New Orleans

Trump said that any deployment to Louisiana would be at the invitation of the state’s governor, Jeff Landry.

Armed National Guard members patrol the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump suggested on Sept. 3 that he might federalize the Louisiana Army National Guard and send them to combat crime in New Orleans, the state’s largest city.

Trump made the remarks at the White House during a bilateral meeting with the president of Poland, Karol Nawrocki.