President Donald Trump will deploy 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans by New Year’s Eve, Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) announced on Tuesday.
The newly announced deployment to Louisiana’s most populous city will last through February 2026. Landry said his state “desperately” needed the action, which fulfills a request he made of the president earlier this year.
“We know how to make cities safe, and the National Guard complements cities that are having high crime problems,” he said on Fox News, citing Washington, D.C., as an example.
Louisiana was one of the first Republican-led states to send National Guard units to assist the Trump administration’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital this year. The state will now benefit from lending a helping hand to the federal government.
The latest National Guard deployment is “going to help us further crack down on the violence here in the city of New Orleans and elsewhere around Louisiana,” Landry said.
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The governor then thanked Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for authorizing the deployment.
The announcement comes two days after Trump appointed Landry as his choice for special envoy to Greenland. Landry, who enjoys a close relationship with the president, welcomed the opportunity and clarified that it “in no way affects” his position as Louisiana governor. His current term ends in 2028.
