Only I can fix it · Second term · № 48
'ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM' on crime in Memphis and other cities
“The only reason crime is somewhat down in Memphis is because the FBI, and others in the Federal Government, at my direction, have been working there for 5 months”
- Said
- , Post on Truth Social
- Subject
- crime in Memphis
- Topic
- Justice & the courts
- Era
- Second term
What happened
The post ended "ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM!!!" and came a day after he announced a National Guard deployment to Memphis, which Mayor Paul Young said he had not been consulted on. Memphis's violent crime had already fallen 11% in 2024 versus 2023 and 2022, before the federal effort. The Memphis Safe Task Force began operations on September 29, 2025. One year on, Memphis police reported overall crime fell from more than 38,000 incidents in 2024 to 29,664 in 2025 and about 18,900 through mid-September 2026, with murders down 36%; an assistant police chief said the data showed a steady decrease "starting a year before the MSTF operations began."