On Nonexistent Crime “Emergencies”: Trump’s Politicization of the National Guard

8/21/25
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I spent 11 years in the Guard & Reserve (April 1981-May 1992), so I definitely have some thoughts on President Trump’s increasing politically motivated misuse of National Guard (NG) personnel for a “crime emergency” in the District of Columbia that simply does not exist. 

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