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President of the United States (US) Donald Trump will mobilize the National Guard forces in eradicating crime in the US capital. Hundreds of National Guard troops have now arrived in Washington DC to carry out Trump’s orders.
“All 800 National Guard Forces were ordered to the US capital, Washington, to help law enforcement personnel by President Donald Trump have now been mobilized,” said Pentagon’s statement, reported AFPFriday (8/15/2025).
Pentagon Secretary Kingsley Wilson said that 800 national vanguard troops will currently settle in Washington DC. They will be tasked with the DC joint task force in overcoming the problem of crime in the US capital.
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“Starting today, all 800 National Army and Air Force troops have been mobilized as part of the DC joint task force, and they are now in our capital,” Wilson said.
“They will help the DC Metropolitan Police Department and federal law enforcement partners with the security of the monument, community safety patrols, protection of facilities and federal officers” and traffic regulation posts, “Wilson continued.
Pentagon did not explain until when the 800 national guard forces will be in Washington. Pentagon said they remained settled in the capital to the law and order in the city had returned conducive.
“The troops will remain there until the law and order are restored in the district, as determined by the President,” Wilson explained.
This is the first time since 1965 a US president has mobilized the National Guard that is contrary to the wishes of the State Governor.
Most of the National Guard forces are under the control of the state governor and must be “refped to” to be under the control of the president, but in Washington these troops only report to the US President.
President of the United States (US) Donald Trump is known to have said he will mobilize the military and federal law enforcers to Washington DC in an effort to control crime in the US capital.
In a press conference in the White House, as reported AFPTuesday (12/8), Trump revealed his plan to place the DC metropolitan police under the direct control of the Federal Government, while sending the National Guard to the US capital.
Washington DC whose majority population is a supporter of the Democratic Party, is facing accusations from Republican politicians that the US capital is flooded with crime, filled with homeless, and experienced misinformation – although the level of crime laden with violence was recorded.
“This is the day of liberation at DC, and we will take back our capital,” Trump said at a press conference on Monday (11/8) local time.
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