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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth elaborated on what President Donald Trump has "got the guts" to do, after they announced Monday Washington, D.C.'s police force will be federalized.

" We're going to work right alongside our law enforcement partners as force multipliers," Hegseth told "The Ingraham Angle."

As part of the White House’s efforts to crack down on crime, Trump declared it was "Liberation Day" and officially placed the Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. Hegseth also teased 800 National Guard troops will be deployed "in the coming week."

TRUMP'S PLAN TO DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD IN DC SPARKS BACKLASH FROM RESIDENTS—BUT SOME WELCOME IT

This comes after recent acts of violence in

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