Trump claims that he wants to make American cities safe, and in the capital, it is already patrolling almost 2,000 members of the National Guard.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chicago and New York will be other cities in the US after Washington, which will be the target of the federal fight against crime. According to the AFP report, TASR writes about it.
“We will make our cities very, very safe,” Trump told reporters in the White House. “I think Chicago will be another one and then we will help New York,” he added, stressing that Chicago is in a terrible state.
National Guard intervention
In early August, Trump decided that the Washington Police Force will be subject to a federal control. In the streets of the American capital, he ordered the deployment of the National Guard with the declared goal of increasing its security, which he believes is troubled by uncontrollable crime and a high number of homeless people.
The US President first announced that the government will deploy 800 members of the National Guard of the Federal Collombia district, but “much more if necessary”. He is currently patrolling almost 2,000 members of the National Guard in Washington, as hundreds of several Republicans led by US states have arrived this week, AP reports.
The US Department of Defense announced on Friday that members of the National Guard in Washington will soon be armed. They have to wear service weapons. The Pentagon and the American army only reported that the Guard soldiers would not be armed.
