CNN National Security Analyst Says Trump’s DC Troop Deployment Is ‘Intended to Create More’ Crime

Alex Griffing Aug 11th, 2025, 4:27 pm

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CNN senior national security analyst Juliette Kayyem reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday that he was deploying the National Guard to Washington, DC and federalizing the local police force.

Kayyem, who is also a lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School, is recognized as “a national leader in homeland security and crisis management.”

She live-tweeted as Trump spoke , with her first comment noting, “Trump has no idea what the ‘home rule’ Act is. This is significantly more than at first disclosed: it is taking over the DC police department and also with deployment of the National Guard.”

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