According to a New York Post report, the US military is preparing to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, as part of President Trump’s sweeping federal crime crackdown, authorities say.
Trump has not yet given the final go-ahead, but the Guard is ready to deploy, two US officials told Reuters.
The move comes as 120 FBI agents from across the country have already begun patrolling DC streets overnight, backing up local police at carjacking hot spots — despite many having little to no street-patrol experience, the Washington Post reported.
Trump will hold a press briefing on Monday at 10 AM and posted the following on TRUTH Social Monday morning:
Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR. I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting innocent people are OVER! I quickly fixed the Border (ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months!), D.C. is next!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT
Over the weekend, Trump shared a similar post sharing more details about Monday morning’s press briefing.
The Press Conference on Crime and “Beautification” will be held tomorrow, at 10:00 A.M. EST, in the Press Briefing Room, and it will not only involve ending the Crime, Murder, and Death in our Nation’s Capital, but will also be about Cleanliness and the General Physical Renovation and Condition of our once beautiful and well maintained Capital. We are not going to allow people to spend $3.1 Billion Dollars on fixing up a building, like the Federal Reserve, which could have been done in a far more elegant and time sensitive manner for $50 to $100 Million Dollars. The Renovation would have actually been better, and we would have saved $3 Billion Dollars, Traffic Jams, and never-ending Construction. The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive. The American Public is not going to put up with it any longer. Just like I took care of the Border, where you had ZERO Illegals coming across last month, from millions the year before, I will take care of our cherished Capital, and we will make it, truly, GREAT AGAIN! Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World. It will soon be that again. Thank you for your attention to this matter — See you tomorrow at 10 A.M.!
More over at The New York Post:
US military preparing to surge National Guard troops to Washington DC to fight local crime and youth violence: report https://t.co/eTvBKe3Njc pic.twitter.com/mqSd1z8fuZ
— New York Post (@nypost) August 11, 2025
