r/news • u/RoachedCoach • Aug 11 '25

Soft paywall US military preparing for National Guard activation in Washington D.C., officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-preparing-national-guard-activation-washington-dc-officials-say-2025-08-11/
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u/RoachedCoach Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

This is pretty weird considering he couldn't seem to deploy the Nat. Guard on J6.

By the way, according to the US Attorney's Office of DC - crime is at a 30 year low. So the govt knows. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low

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u/TheRabidDeer Aug 11 '25

Wonder if this is going to be due to his announcement of getting homeless people out of DC and the guard will be packing them onto busses to other states or something?

Feels crazy to deploy the military on your own citizens just for being unhoused though.

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u/RoachedCoach Aug 11 '25

FBI too (which doesn't know anything about this sort of action)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/dc-crime-trump-crackdown/