What a bargain, MAGA. Sanitation workers, move over. Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., over the president's alleged "crime emergency," claim even though violent crime is down in the city. And now, troops were seen wearing vests over their camouflage gear on Tuesday, picking up litter in Lafayette Park and performing other cleanup duties just outside the White House. The scene is disturbing as Trump has reduced the troops to a park maintenance crew.
Officials say the military was deployed as part of a "beautification and restoration mission" in Lafayette Square, the National Mall, and the Tidal Basin. Trump initially alleged that he'd deployed the National Guard to deal with the "complete and total lawlessness" in the city, even though crime rates had hit a 30-year low