Trump Extends National Guard in DC Through End of Term – the Tuesday AM Quickie 8/11/26
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THE BIG NEWS
Trump Extends National Guard in DC Through End of Term
National Guard soldiers have been occupying DC for the last 12 months, a deployment that was supposed to be temporary. But now Trump has extended their stay through January 2029, the Associated Press reported, which is also the month he’s supposed to leave office.
The extension will cost taxpayers about $1.4 billion, according to a Department of Defense estimate. “The fact that we still have the National Guard walking our streets a year later with no end in sight is really demoralizing,” city council member Brianne K. Nadeau said. But some residents have another concern: how thousands of troops marching through the streets will play out during the midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Per the AP:
“The last time this president was supposed to come out of power, Jan. 6 happened,” said Alex Dodds, co-founder of FreeDC, an activist group that has protested the deployment by following and filming National Guard troops in quiet areas of the city far away from crime concerns.
“Imagine if that happens again but this time he has 5,000 troops standing at the ready to be part of that situation. You know, that’s our worry.”