West Virginia National Guard being sent to DC
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After US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of military and federal law enforcement to Washington in August 2025, social media users circulated numerous images purporting to show the scene in the nation's capital.
The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.
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Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee. Wary residents and curious tourists stop to take photos, while inside the elegant Union Station a string trio plays "What a Wonderful World.
More federal law enforcement missions on the streets of Washington, D.C. are expected Thursday as troops muster in response to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his administrati