Fox News Anchor Presses Kristi Noem On Trump’s DC Troop Deployment: They’re Not ‘In the Right Spots’

Alex Griffing Aug 26th, 2025, 5:51 pm

Fox News anchor Gillian Turner spoke to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday and asked the top Trump official if the National Guard is in the right parts of Washington, DC, to actually fight crime – a contentious issue following Trump’s troop deployment earlier in the month.

“Madam Secretary, even among Washingtonians who are supportive and appreciate the Guard’s presence here, I have spoken to folks, a lot of folks candidly, who say they’re not deployed in the right spots,” Turner noted, adding:

They’re going to the monuments. They are going to places that are perfectly safe. Meanwhile, Ward 7 and 8 that are overrun by crime

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