Trump vows federal ‘surge’ in more American cities to combat crime

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(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office on Wednesday alongside FBI Director Kash Patel, said his administration is going to “go into other cities” to combat crime.

“We’re going to have a surge of strong, good people, patriots. And they’re going to go in, they straighten it all out,” Trump said.

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