Trump, A Convicted Felon, Is Ordering the Military into American Neighborhoods
This week, Donald Trump announced a brazen, unprovoked takeover of DC’s police department — deploying 800 National Guard troops in our nation’s capital.
With yet another unnecessary and wasteful escalation, Trump is desperate to distract from his administration’s ever-growing list of failures — disastrous tariffs raising prices on families, a sagging job market, outright corruption across his government, and endless political scandals.
Trump is weaponizing the U.S. military against communities across the country — from Los Angeles to Washington, DC — and provoking dangerous fights for his own political benefit.
Once again, Trump is manufacturing a ‘crisis’ to distract from his own failures.
Violent crime in DC hit a 30-year low last year and has continued to drop another 26 percent this year. Trump’s outlandish claims of ‘violence and disorder’ clearly don’t hold up to reality.
Consumer prices are rising at their fastest pace in five months, as businesses pass the costs of Trump’s reckless tariffs onto hardworking American families.
Manufacturing jobs have fallen to their lowest level in five years, largely driven by Trump’s chaotic economic policies — which are weakening consumer demand and continuing to hold businesses back from vital hiring and investment decisions.
After pardoning over 1,500 people criminally charged for the violent January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol, Trump is trying to spin his administration as a beacon of "law and order."
Trump’s pattern of deploying the military on U.S. citizens is about benefiting himself, not protecting Americans.
In 2020, Trump used the military to suppress protests that made him look “weak.” He asked military advisors to “just shoot them in the legs or something” and used National Guard troops to clear a protest near the White House.
Earlier this year, Trump ordered over 5,000 National Guard troops and Marines to California, bypassing a state governor’s authority for the first time in 60 years. Trump’s military deployment was an extreme and unnecessary escalation — designed not to bring peace, but to inflame tensions and sow chaos.
In another waste of valuable resources, the Trump administration is considering placing 600 National Guard troops on constant standby in Alabama and Arizona for rapid deployments to cities facing protests. If adopted, the plans could cost hundreds of millions of dollars and divert personnel from real emergencies and natural disasters — prioritizing political optics over public need.
Key Messages:
Stoking Chaos: Trump is defying local officials and fueling manufactured crises — trying to whip up unrest and political fights to justify even more aggressive crackdowns.
Distracting from His Failures: Trump’s latest political fight isn’t about protecting Americans. It’s about distracting the country from his failures — to lower living costs, to stabilize the economy, and to make America safer.
Wasting Time and Money: Instead of delivering for the American people, Trump is wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on unnecessary military deployments in our communities.
Published: August 2025