Trump Warns He'll Send ‘More Than National Guard’ to US Cities

‘We’re going to have safe cities. We’re not going to have people killed in our cities. And whether people like that or not, that’s what we’re doing,’ he said.

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, takes a question from a reporter aboard Air Force One in flight on Oct. 27, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on Tuesday told U.S. military members in Japan that he may send in more troops than just the National Guard to deal with crime in urban areas.

“We have cities in trouble. We can’t have cities that have trouble,” Trump told troops at the USS George Washington at the Yokosuka Naval Base. “We’re sending in the National Guard, and we need more than the National Guard.”