Trump Sends National Guard to DC

Trump aims to extend the National Guard visit to 30 days, while the District of Columbia mayor calls it ’manufactured intrusion on local authority.’

Members of the National Guard patrol Union Station in Washington on Aug. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

U.S. President Donald Trump has sent National Guard troops to the nation’s capital in an effort to suppress crime, which he says is getting out of control.

National Guard troops began to appear in Washington on Aug. 11. There were 23 arrests on the first night alone, with a range of offenses including homicide and firearm offenses, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.