US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order forming the Memphis Safe Task Force that would send National Guard troops into Memphis city, Tennessee in a replica of the administration’s expanding military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run cities.

The move was welcomed by Tennessee’s Republican governor, Bill Lee. Announcing the taskforce in an Oval Office meeting, Trump said, the troops would work alongside federal authorities from various agencies, including the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the Drug Enforcement Administration among others. In his remarks, the President cited a slew of crime statistics and vowed to end the savagery and to make Memphis safe again.