Trump Orders National Guard to Washington, D.C., and Takeover of City’s Police

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Anonymous wrote:the city just put out a note to the ANCs asking for projects the national guard can work on


is this really the best use of national taxpayer resources and military personnel?

That is absolutely absurd. But sure, the NG can install some bike lanes. That would be great.

Howzabout you democrats in DC take some pride and clean up your city instead of depending on outsiders to do it? Have you no f'n shame?

Nobody wants the NG here so we are perfectly happy for them to go away.

The people on my DC block want the NG here. Gasp!

Some do and some don't but what they really want is low crime. NG can't even arrest so really the people who understand the laws know that the NG is not going to decrease crime going forward.

The NG gives MPD the breathing room to do the actual policing. It’s not a long term solution, but it could be a 3.5 year solution. And for a lot of us who have been victims or know victims of DC crime we are grateful.

No one is cleaning up crime fool!

National Guard is literally spreading mulch! And it is costing taxpayers a mint. MAGA morons can not do math or support any of our armed forces who died for this country instead they support dicatorship crap.

Everyone can see it is working. And the left doesn’t control what we see and hear anymore. And there is not much they can do about it except post on chat boards or stand on the corner banging on a frying pan.

Sure, sure. It’s totally working. Totally worth the expense and the loss of the country.

Lmao.

The murder rate has been cut by well over 100%. 5 murders in 28 days.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime

If you think this isn’t enough time to judge how much the NG has had an effect on murder rates, how long should they stay so we can get an appropriate sample size?

Did you even take statistics?

Enlighten us. Are you saying the murder rate has risen after August 12?

lol, so, no, you obviously did not take statistics.

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Anonymous wrote:After seeing what happened in Charlotte with that innocent young woman being stabbed on the train! Have you seen the video? Thank god the NG is in DC!

This is satire, right?

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Anonymous wrote:After seeing what happened in Charlotte with that innocent young woman being stabbed on the train! Have you seen the video? Thank god the NG is in DC!

+1

This thread has aged beautifully.

You're both dumb. The NG is not riding the metro in DC. They apparently have patrolled some higher-traffic stations, but they are not on the cars. How would they have been able to stop this incident?

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Anonymous wrote:the city just put out a note to the ANCs asking for projects the national guard can work on


is this really the best use of national taxpayer resources and military personnel?

That is absolutely absurd. But sure, the NG can install some bike lanes. That would be great.

Howzabout you democrats in DC take some pride and clean up your city instead of depending on outsiders to do it? Have you no f'n shame?

Nobody wants the NG here so we are perfectly happy for them to go away.

The people on my DC block want the NG here. Gasp!

Some do and some don't but what they really want is low crime. NG can't even arrest so really the people who understand the laws know that the NG is not going to decrease crime going forward.

The NG gives MPD the breathing room to do the actual policing. It’s not a long term solution, but it could be a 3.5 year solution. And for a lot of us who have been victims or know victims of DC crime we are grateful.

LOL, no, this is not true. MPD would not be otherwise hanging out on the Mall or at Union Station.

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Anonymous wrote:the city just put out a note to the ANCs asking for projects the national guard can work on


is this really the best use of national taxpayer resources and military personnel?

That is absolutely absurd. But sure, the NG can install some bike lanes. That would be great.

Howzabout you democrats in DC take some pride and clean up your city instead of depending on outsiders to do it? Have you no f'n shame?

Nobody wants the NG here so we are perfectly happy for them to go away.

The people on my DC block want the NG here. Gasp!

Some do and some don't but what they really want is low crime. NG can't even arrest so really the people who understand the laws know that the NG is not going to decrease crime going forward.

The NG gives MPD the breathing room to do the actual policing. It’s not a long term solution, but it could be a 3.5 year solution. And for a lot of us who have been victims or know victims of DC crime we are grateful.

No one is cleaning up crime fool!

National Guard is literally spreading mulch! And it is costing taxpayers a mint. MAGA morons can not do math or support any of our armed forces who died for this country instead they support dicatorship crap.

Everyone can see it is working. And the left doesn’t control what we see and hear anymore. And there is not much they can do about it except post on chat boards or stand on the corner banging on a frying pan.

The only thing working is US taxpayers paying a million dollars a day for the national guard to do the work that the National Park Service should have been doing had the GOP/DOGE not slashed its budget and laid off staff.

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Anonymous wrote:After seeing what happened in Charlotte with that innocent young woman being stabbed on the train! Have you seen the video? Thank god the NG is in DC!

Unless there are national guard on every train, every bus and every street corner, things like what happened in charlotte will continue to happen, because there are bad people everywhere.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/

National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of DC, has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/

National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of DC, has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans

Yes. NG and military officials - this citizen has been 100% turned against the National Guard. I despise the sight of them. I now know viscerally what an occupation must feel like. Great job!

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Just waiting for some Dem to say “We are grateful for the reduction in murders, but it’s not sustainable for the NG to stay long term. That’s why I’m proposing new legislation to build on that success, etc…”
First person to do that gets to be the next Mayor.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/

National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of DC, has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans

Yes. NG and military officials - this citizen has been 100% turned against the National Guard. I despise the sight of them. I now know viscerally what an occupation must feel like. Great job!

Honest question, how has the NG negatively impacted you?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/

National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of DC, has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans

Yes. NG and military officials - this citizen has been 100% turned against the National Guard. I despise the sight of them. I now know viscerally what an occupation must feel like. Great job!

Honest question, how has the NG negatively impacted you?

Nothing. PP just wants to preach about all the "injustices" of the world. Seeing DC cleaned up was very triggering to some bleeding hearts.

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Anonymous wrote:Just waiting for some Dem to say “We are grateful for the reduction in murders, but it’s not sustainable for the NG to stay long term. That’s why I’m proposing new legislation to build on that success, etc…”
First person to do that gets to be the next Mayor.

Didn't need the national guard here to do that. You need federal prosecutors prosecuting crimes (they weren't and it isn't the DC AG's responsibility) and you need the funding for the MPD and various social services, which the GOP has cut.

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Anonymous wrote:Just waiting for some Dem to say “We are grateful for the reduction in murders, but it’s not sustainable for the NG to stay long term. That’s why I’m proposing new legislation to build on that success, etc…”
First person to do that gets to be the next Mayor.

Didn't need the national guard here to do that. You need federal prosecutors prosecuting crimes (they weren't and it isn't the DC AG's responsibility) and you need the funding for the MPD and various social services, which the GOP has cut.

They only thing I've seen them do is spread mulch and pose for selfies. Those jobs seemed like they were already being done here in DC. They seem nice enough and I'm not intimidated by them, but I'm sure many of them would rather be back with their families and doing their regular jobs. A large percentage of NG are involved in law enforcement agencies, which are tremendously short staffed now across the country, so it doesn't seem great to pull them away from that job to spread mulch in a NPS park.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/

National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of DC, has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans

Yes. NG and military officials - this citizen has been 100% turned against the National Guard. I despise the sight of them. I now know viscerally what an occupation must feel like. Great job!

Honest question, how has the NG negatively impacted you?

By being armed and present for the purpose of politically motivated repression.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/

National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of DC, has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans

Yes. NG and military officials - this citizen has been 100% turned against the National Guard. I despise the sight of them. I now know viscerally what an occupation must feel like. Great job!

Honest question, how has the NG negatively impacted you?

Nothing. PP just wants to preach about all the "injustices" of the world. Seeing DC cleaned up was very triggering to some bleeding hearts.

False.