Mini-Post: In Cahoots

I feel sorry for the troops, they never signed up for this, to be used a s political pawns, Republican state governors are lining up to send their brave men and women to Washington DC so that they can gain favor with Trump!

Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guards to Washington at Trump's request

The activations of external Guard troop deployments suggest the Trump administration sees the need for additional manpower, despite the president personally downplaying the need for Washington to hire more police officers.

Euro News

By Malek Fouda

17/08/2025

Three Republican-led sates said on Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital in an effort to bolster the Trump administration’s initiative of overhauling policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.

West Virginia said it will be deploying between 300 to 400 Guard troops. South Carolina pledged 200, while Ohio says it send 150 in the coming days, marking a significant escalation of the federal intervention.

The move came as protesters pushed back on federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in the heavily Democratic city following US President Donald Trump’s executive order federalising local police forces and activating about 800 of the capital’s National Guard troops.

Are these states currying favor with Trump? Oh master we see an obey!

By adding outside troops to the existing Washington Guard deployment and federal law enforcement presence, Trump is looking to exert even tighter control over the city in a power play he’s justified as an emergency response to rising crime and homelessness.

Local Washington area officials say the move is unjustified as they noted that violent crime is lower today than it was during Trump’s first term in office.

Not only that, but the crime rate in New Orleans is 30% higher than Washington, D.C.’s, and Memphis is almost 25% higher!

And here’s the kicker: as the article states, the crime rate in Washington, D.C. was actually higher during Trump’s first term... so why act now? Could it possible be because he is playing to his MAGA base?

Will other Republican governors jump on the bandwagon to curry favor with Trump and get on his "Who’s naughty and who’s nice" list? Are they worried that the next disaster might mean they won’t get federal aid?

Another concerned of mine are those in the military who think these are unlawful orders leave the military and as those who think it is okay as long as Trump orders will stay and other join who also think that having another Gaza here is okay will stay. And the result of that is we get a military politically divided who put party loyalty before the Constitution.