Enqueue core jQuery in the footer?

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I have this in my functions.php file and I can’t get jQuery to load in the footer. The includes file loads in the footer fine, though. What else do I need to do?

function starter_scripts() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'starter-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );

    wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery', '', '', '', true );

    wp_enqueue_script( 'includes', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/min/includes.min.js', '', '', true );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'starter_scripts' );

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To do that you will first have to deregister your jQuery script and then register again.
If you use jQuery comes with WordPress then following is the function your are looking for.

function starter_scripts() {
    wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
    wp_register_script( 'jquery', includes_url( '/js/jquery/jquery.js' ), false, NULL, true );
    wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );

    wp_enqueue_style( 'starter-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
    wp_enqueue_script( 'includes', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/min/includes.min.js', '', '', true );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'starter_scripts' );

If you use Google CDN hosted version of jQuery then let me know I will modify this code for Google CDN URL.

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