Former President Donald Trump called on Tuesday for the National Guard to be deployed in American cities where “smash-and-grab robberies” are decimating small businesses and forcing stores to close.

In a statement emailed to American Military News, Trump wrote the following: If Democrats don’t immediately stop smash-and-grab robberies, which are taking place in their cities, the National Guard must be called out. There has never been such a thing that has happened in our Country. Large numbers of stores are leaving San Francisco and other cities. Some chains are closing most of their stores, it is all not even believable.

Across the United States, numerous chaotic robberies have left businesses in shambles as dozens of people rushed into stores and stole thousands of dollars in merchandise before fleeing in getaway cars.