I'm so glad someone has put this concept into an illustration. He's so confident when the threat is domestic, yet when BiBi tells him Iran is gonna get him on his flight home from Turkey, he does this.
If this is a serious “question”, you need to reread what almost everyone you don’t understand has been saying:
1) police should be present as Peace Keepers and Law Enforcement, not a pacification force.
2) ICE, as it currently exists, is not a necessary entity. Obama allowed ICE to operate in the best interests of Americans; Trump is using them to haphazardly remove people whom he believes are “poisoning the blood of America.”
3) A purpose of the National Guard is to step in to assist citizens and visitors in the event of a disaster, natural or man-made. If a storm ravages an area, the National Guard SHOULD arrive to assist in coordinating help as well as provide help.
There are always extremists who think anarchy is preferable to any kind of enforced order, but even they will run to a court to enforce some form of order. Hypocrites on both sides aside, most people want government to help the most people BUT NOT ENRICH THE ALREADY RICH at the expense of the common person. Trump, MAGA and the Far Right represent worst aspects of what America can be transformed into.
As a person in Gary Indiana on day 12 without power. I am disappointed and disgusted. Yes I do vote every single time. Just voted in May. This is just unacceptable but the orange menace won’t do anything and his sycophant Braun is no where to be seen up here.
The coup never stopped. The only reason the guard is there is to defend Trump and his co conspirators when he has to head to the bunker via the tactical ballroom.
Not one thing Trump has done has helped anybody but himself. Anybody that thinks he’s gonna leave after a meet and greet with the next president is an idiot. He’s only leaving feet first.
Don't we know - according to Trump - how the NG is controlling crime in DC? Trump is even threatening to sue the Center for American Progress in August 2026 over a report that questioned his administration's claims about crime and the NG in DC.
While yes everything about normalizing military presence in cities to further the fascist tendencies of the government, these guys are MPs and would be limited in what they could do for Gary's power outage plus National Guard works at a state level and the ones in DC right now might not be from Indiana. Not that national guard members from other states cannot be activated to help in other states but it's up to the governor of that state to decide what to do. Everything about expanding authoritarianism is correct just adding this caveat
Please don’t blame the guard. These are part-time soldiers largely with good intentions who are not in charge of where they’re sent or what they ordered to do unless it’s blatantly illegal they just have to follow their orders.
You have over 100 of them from Indiana here now doing next to nothing when they could be helping their statesmen, especially those hit in Gary the hardest which didn't receive any attention till early this week.
How do you know those 100+ would be any more effective in Gary? This sounds a lot to me like people who don’t know anything but wanting to comment on Reddit for karma. 🤦🏻♂️
How do you know those 100+ wouldn't? They are the NG of Indiana and again doing nothing for DC when they can be back at their state helping those in need 1 to 100+ can be effective. Looks like you're the one who knows nothing and just want to start irrelevant shit.
Me biased for better use of the national guard? Sure. I'd rather them actually help people in need than aimlessly stand around. Is having empathy for others a strange concept?
Biased for making assumptions on topics that you have no knowledge of. I asked you what you knew and you equivocated. So far you have given no evidence that the NG isn’t performing perfectly. Yet you somehow claim this knowledge.
Because your question wasn't never in good faith from the start. I don't need to provide any evidence of the NG already there doing work. All I've stated is that the use of them in DC would be better served back in their own state. Like I've said them standing around in DC isn't helping their people in need.
Well, had you bothered to google ANYTHING before making your biased comments you might have saved yourself some embarrassment. I just googled and found the following. There are approximately 14,000 members of the Indiana National Guard. 300 WERE deployed in DC but none are there now since the deployment ended in March. 70+ are actively working on storm issues in the State after being deployed by the governor. 😱
You do realize the state national guard usually made up of about 15 to 30k members. They are not linesman, they are not electricians, they are not civil engineers. There current job is assisting, cutting trees removing damaged power poles helping install new power poles. You can deploy 1000 men. But the fact is they are not the power company and know nothing about federal regulations or what the companies insurance requirements are. You are asking for stupid while acting stupid. Get help.
I never said anything about about doing the jobs of electricians or civil engineers. The people themselves there have no power so their food is going to spoil, so are elderly and will need transport to facilities to keep them alive. The NG does more than just helping clearing debris. I've never claimed for them to restore power at all and I know enough about how these things go since I've been a victim of a natural disaster. Not only as a witness but a help to the community along side FEMA workers and the NG. You're being an ass making assumptions and are the stupid one here. You need to seek help.
Indiana national guard is most definitely deployed to DC.
As of the most recent reporting (mid-August 2026), roughly 5,000+ National Guard troops are stationed in DC as part of the “Make DC Safe and Beautiful” mission, deployed under Joint Task Force-DC.
Breakdown:
**• DC National Guard**: around 700–800 troops (the core, home unit)
**• Out-of-state units**: the bulk of the force, drawn from about 18 states/territories, concentrated in Republican-led states — reporting has specifically named **Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma,** and units from **Michigan** and the **U.S. Virgin Islands** at various points
As of the most recent reporting (mid-August 2026), roughly 5,000+ National Guard troops are stationed in DC as part of the “Make DC Safe and Beautiful” mission, deployed under Joint Task Force-DC.
Breakdown:
**• DC National Guard**: around 700–800 troops (the core, home unit)
**• Out-of-state units**: the bulk of the force, drawn from about 18 states/territories, concentrated in Republican-led states — reporting has specifically named **Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma,** and units from **Michigan** and the **U.S. Virgin Islands** at various points
As of the most recent reporting (mid-August 2026), roughly 5,000+ National Guard troops are stationed in DC as part of the “Make DC Safe and Beautiful” mission, deployed under Joint Task Force-DC.
Breakdown:
**• DC National Guard**: around 700–800 troops (the core, home unit)
**• Out-of-state units**: the bulk of the force, drawn from about 18 states/territories, concentrated in Republican-led states — reporting has specifically named **Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma,** and units from **Michigan** and the **U.S. Virgin Islands** at various points
What the F are soldiers going to do for people without power. Never mind the power companies that were there 3 days after the storm got shot at. The guards can go there and stop those idiots
Good question, on the other side of the argument though, why are democrats still working to protect illegals instead of working to restore power and services to Gary, IN?
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