About 2,200 are its soldiers who have been deployed in the American capital and have been armed on the streets since Sunday night, as announced by the administration of this Armed Forces Reserve Corps after his decision to send the army to the city to “purify” it.
The Special Forces’ military “began to bring their service weapons,” the House said in a statement, stating that they were not authorized to use force only “as a medium of the last appeal in reaction, to a direct threat of death or serious injury”.
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The Republican president claims that Washington has undergone “gang invasion” and that the development of the army is essential for “cleans”. Thus, from August 12, in the federal capital, military vehicles are parked in front of a central transport station and the huge Square The National Mall, alongside national institutions and historical monuments.
He had already in June in the midst of major demonstrations, which were tarnished by incidents against his government’s immigration policy.
Donald Trump also threatened to order troops and federal law enforcement services in Chicago (north), then in New York (northeast), respectively the third largest and largest city in the US, as well as a large US city of Matio, War.
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Police statistics in the US capital show, contrary to what the state leader says, that violent crimes were reduced between 2023 and 2024, but this decrease occurred after a rapid increase in the period after the new crowns.
The US president has repeatedly accused Democratic Mayor Maryel Bauzer of releasing “false” statistics and threatens that the federal government will take full control of the city.
Most of the nationalists were sent to Washington by Republican rulers in western Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee.
The National Guard’s reserves refer to the governor of every American state and cannot be developed in theory except in the event of a national emergency, for example natural disaster, at the request of the federal state and with the Governor’s green light.
Their role is not to intervene in dealing with crime, riots or demonstrations.
In addition to the military, members have also been sent to Washington, members of the federal enforcement services of the class, in particular the Federal Police (FBI), the police service responsible for the ICE and the Drug Prosecution (DEA).
Fierce reactions from democrats
Oppositions again accused Trump on Sunday of “constructing crises” to send troops of the National Guard to Grand Democrats.
“Donald Trump has no legal basis, no power, to attempt to send federal troops to Chicago,” the Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives Hakim Jeffris gave the tone to CNN. “We must continue to support the local law enforcement forces, and we cannot let Donald Trump play with Americans, nor make a crisis to divert attention, as it is extremely unpopular,” he said.
For his part, the Democratic Governor in Illinoi, Jay Bi Prichker, in the state of which Chicago is located, stressed through X that “we have long been working with the law enforcement services” to tackle crime in the city, in the area of large lakes.
“But we will not let a dictator impose his will,” he added.
As Donald Trump attempts to create chaos that distracts from his problems, we’ll call it out for what it is.
Trump and Republicans are trying to distract from the pain they’re causing — from tariffs raising the prices of goods to stripping away healthcare and food from millions.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker)
The latter reacted to the messages “with an unpleasant and provocative tone” of another democratic, the Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore.
He proposed on Saturday night, via X, to the billionaire to take a “walk” in Baltimore to contradict “lies about the progress we have made in Maryland”.
“Eye Donald, we can find a golf trolley if it makes it easier for things. State with awareness! “, Sarcastically added the state governor near Washington, whose capital, Baltimore, an important port and backdrop of The Wire police television series, is considered dangerous.
“I guess he is talking about the out -of -control, dominated by the crime of Baltimore? (…) If Wue Moore needs help (…) then I will send “troops”, as it is very close to Washington, to get rid of crime, “the US president resisted via Truth Social.
Mr Moore told CNN and CBS News that “Maryland’s National Guard” will not be approved to use crime, as this would be “unconstitutional”.
I will not authorize the use of the Maryland National Guard for any mission that isn’t mission critical or mission aligned.
Full stop.
— Governor Wes Moore (@GovWesMoore)
As for Chicago, the Washington Post wrote yesterday that the Pentagon has been drawing up plans for the development of the National Guard for weeks now, and there is officially there to tackle crime and immigration.
The Ministry of Defense made no comment.
On Friday, at his oval office, the tycoon argued that “wonderful African Americans say:” Please President Trump, come to Chicago “, announcing that this big city and New York, the economic and cultural capital, will be” the next “.
“We will make our cities safe, very safe,” President Trump insists.
