Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe White House is visible as National Guard troops stand next to a military Humvee along Constitution Avenue on August 12 (Getty)Thousands of National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. by Donald Trump have been involved in only 1.3 percent of the city's criminal cases, according to a Reuters report. The deployment cost $223 million by the end of 2025 and is projected to cost an additional $1.4 billion through January 2029. An analysis of court documents found that soldiers mostly responded to whiter and wealthier neighborhoods rather than areas with high murder rates. Out of 217 criminal cases mentioning the Guard, soldiers stopped suspects single-handedly in just 62 instances, often for minor crimes like shoplifting. While the White House claimed the deployment lowered crime, Metropolitan Police Department data showed violent crime actually rose 4 percent from 2025 to 2026. In fullTrump deployed thousands of National Guard in DC - but they aren’t stopping any crimeMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump’s $223m National Guard crime crackdown has one glaring problem
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe White House is visible as National Guard troops stand next to a military Humvee along Constitution Avenue on August 12 (Getty)Thousands of National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. by Donald Trump have been involved in only 1.3 percent of the city's criminal cases, according to a Reuters report. The deployment cost $223 million by the end of 2025 and is projected to cost an additional $1.4 billion through January 2029. An analysis of court documents found that soldiers mostly responded to whiter and wealthier neighborhoods rather than areas with high murder rates. Out of 217 criminal cases mentioning the Guard, soldiers stopped suspects single-handedly in just 62 instances, often for minor crimes like shoplifting. While the White House claimed the deployment lowered crime, Metropolitan Police Department data showed violent crime actually rose 4 percent from 2025 to 2026. In fullTrump deployed thousands of National Guard in DC - but they aren’t stopping any crimeMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
