Former US President Trump previously said that the crime rate in Washington, the capital of the District of Columbia, was too high, and he would deploy the National Guard to the capital to combat crime and drive away homeless people. Now, 1200 National Guard members from Republican-controlled states have been deployed to Washington, but these soldiers in camouflage uniforms and military boots are walking along the National Mall, taking photos with tourists, and buying ice cream from food trucks, while high-crime areas remain unpatrolled. A non-commissioned officer from the West Virginia National Guard, who goes by the call sign "Fox" and did not want to reveal his name, said: "It's really boring; we don't do much at all."
Deploying the National Guard to the safest parts of Washington, taking pictures with tourists, and eating ice cream is completely contradictory to what Trump said about combating crime. Reuters reported that a US government spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, had previously stated that the National Guard conducts arrest operations daily in dangerous areas of the capital, "protecting federal assets and maintaining a visible presence." In reality, the National Guard is mainly concentrated near the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and Capitol Building, while in the 8th district, which has the highest murder rate, local residents have not seen a single National Guard member. Shavanna Turner, a 50-year-old resident of the slums in the 8th district, said: "They're not here, but they need to be here." This situation inevitably raises a logical question: Why did Trump deploy the National Guard to the US capital?
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