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Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in domestic unrest

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President Donald Trump on Monday directed the National Guard to prepare for deeper involvement in any future civil unrest throughout the United States and called for the creation of a new military unit that is deputized to enforce federal laws, specifically in D.C.

The president issued the orders as he muses openly about deploying U.S. troops to other major U.S. cities and touts his efforts so far to assume greater federal control over the District, where more than 2,200 National Guard members have been mobilized to support an expansive — and polarizing — law enforcement mission. State and local leaders in some of those jurisdictions have decried the idea, portraying Trump’s domestic employment of the military as an “un-American” power grab.

In his executive order, Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ensure that each state’s National Guard is trained, organized and prepared to respond to civil disturbances within their jurisdictions, and he called for the creation of a standing rapid-response force composed of Guard members that can go anywhere in the U.S. on little notice.


Speaking from the Oval, one minute Trump said he won't send in the guard unless Pritzker asks for it. The next minute Trump said he might go ahead and send the guard in anyway because that's what he should do. Typical Trump playing both ends against the middle.

WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
 
All those jobs left idling is going to do wonders for the numbers………oh, that’s right, the numbers now get cleared through the Oval Office first.
 
Does president actively-circling-the-drain think he can get into heaven by terrorizing American citizens?
 
Police officers can be killed during domestic disturbance calls because such incidents are volatile and dangerous, as seen in the high number of officer deaths and injuries linked to them. While domestic violence incidents are a frequent cause of officer deaths, such calls are a distinct category from broader "disorder/disturbance" events and deaths, such calls are a distinct category from broader "disorder/disturbance" events like civil unrest, according to the FBI's classification of officer deaths".

Go ahead, trump-shit admin. Kill our NG officers off. Just stick a deep knife and fork in this country and call it DONE.
 

...The new D.C. National Guard unit would be activated under Title 32, the same section of U.S. law under which Trump directed Guard members to deploy this month after complaining about the city’s efforts to address violent crime. Other Cabinet officials who oversee law enforcement agencies were directed to coordinate with Hegseth and “deputize the members of this unit to enforce Federal law,” the order says.

Trump has declared a “crime emergency” in D.C., though data maintained by the city’s police department shows that instances of violent crime have fallen since 2023. The Justice Department and Republicans in the House have launched investigations into whether D.C. police manipulated crime statistics to make them appear lower, as Trump has alleged....

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I sure hope the news the trump administration doesn't trust POLICE to be honest when they compile and report crime stats is broadcast far and wide.
 
Ikari said:
Ahh, Trump playing at martial law. ****ing dirty **** MAGA commies. They should move to China.
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so far it really is a lot of cosplaying. And have you seen "the troops"? Why are all the folks serving under Trump super fat? Or is that just all the ICE losers?
 
Greenbeard said:
Ten months ago the pedocon line was that Trump turning the military on domestic political opponents was scaremongering.
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And now it's reality. Just like so many other things democrats warned about. Hell, Hillary Clinton was warning us about this crap in 2016.
 

If that doesn't scare the **** out of people, there is no hope left.
 
The American people were warned.

They were warned.

I feel for those who voted for Harris.

If you voted for Trump or didn’t vote.

No sympathy.

No sympathy whatsoever.

You deserve what’s coming.

You had a clear choice between good and evil.

And you allowed evil to prevail.
 
he's not coming after the folks who voted for him. He's coming for us.
 
btthegreat said:
he's not coming after the folks who voted for him. He's coming for us.
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Yeah for now.

If Trumpists think they’re safe from the knife wielding maniac THEY gave the knife to and said do what you want.

They’re in for a surprise.
 
Very smart. Need to get prepared to stop the midterms & stamp down protests
 
I'm not sure I am following. Why does it matter which group is getting killed off? LEO's or NG?
 
I wonder if Trump will order the national guard to patrol the lines at the next election and remove anyone who isn't wearing MAGA merch?
 
ncguy said:

GOP governors are sending troops to DC. Their states have 10 cities with higher crime rates​



Hypocrites
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This assertion of Higher Crime Rates than DC. Is this using the DC police's metrics is it?

An NBC4 Washington article published on July 17, 2025, documents allegations that DC police are reclassifying crimes to alter statistics. The piece details the suspension of Commander Michael Pulliam, former head of the 3rd District, amid claims he altered crime data. The Fraternal Order of Police union accused supervisors of directing officers to downgrade felony offenses—such as shootings, stabbings, or carjackings—to lesser categories like "felony assault" or "injured person to the hospital," which aren't tracked in daily stats or FBI reports, making violent crime appear lower than it is.​
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The Metropolitan Police Department denied condoning such practices but confirmed an investigation.​
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“When our members respond to the scene of a felony offense where there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably there will be a lieutenant or a captain that will show up on that scene and direct those members to take a report for a lesser offense,” Fraternal Order of Police Chairman Gregg Pemberton said. “So, instead of taking a report for a shooting or a stabbing or a carjacking, they will order that officer to take a report for a theft or an injured person to the hospital or a felony assault, which is not the same type of classification.”​
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The police department's command staff is focusing on two categories in order to get the numbers to fall, Pemberton said: armed with a dangerous weapon and injured person to the hospital.​
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“When management officials are directing officers to take reports for felony assault, or if they're going back into police databases and changing offenses to felony assault, felony assault is not a category of crime that's listed on the department's daily crime stats,” Pemberton said. “It's also not something that's a requirement of the FBI's uniform crime reporting program. So, by changing criminal offenses from, for example, ADW bat or ADW gun to felony assault, that would avoid both the MPD and the FBI from reporting that as a part one or a felony offense.”​
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The union has been gathering evidence for some time now by looking at reports and talking with officers all over the city, Pemberton said.​
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“What we've heard through our members and through members of management that were willing to talk with the union is that this is a directive from the command staff, is that they wanna make sure that these classifications of these reports are adjusted over time to make sure that the overall crime stats stay down,” Pemberton said. “And this is deliberately done.”​

DC police commander suspended, accused of changing crime statistics

A D.C. police commander is under investigation for allegedly making changes to crime statistics in his district. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Michael Pulliam was placed on paid administrative leave in mid-May. That happened just a week after Pulliam filed an equal employment...
www.nbcwashington.com
 
Cope said:
I'm not sure I am following. Why does it matter which group is getting killed off? LEO's or NG?
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The US military currently enjoys a very positive reputation among the American people, which benefits them in a variety of ways. So, it's very dangerous for the military to be put in a position where the people start seeing them as the enemy.
 
Simplistic solutions to complex problems is the hallmark of fascism.

Crime? Oh. Send in troops.

Sounds very simple.
 
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