Source: OtherWords
by Hanna Homestead
“US President Donald Trump mobilized the DC National Guard under the guise of restoring security in the nation’s capital, despite DC’s crime rate being at a 30-year low. What began as a deployment of 800 DC National Guard troops has grown to encompass 2,091 as of this writing, as Republican governors send hundreds more. Trump hasn’t just complained about alleged crime in the district; he’s placed a target on people experiencing poverty and homelessness. Claiming that we’re ‘getting rid of the slums,’ Trump has called on troops and police to forcibly remove unhoused people from the city. Together, we can defend the truth when it’s under siege. Federal law prohibits deploying the military on US soil, except under certain extraordinary circumstances.” (08/23/25)