President Trump says other US cities could be next as he deploys National Guard to DC

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Updated Aug. 11, 2025, 6:00 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said he might expand his crackdown on crime in the nation's capital to other major U.S. cities as he announced plans to send 800 National Guard troops into Washington, D.C.

Trump singled out New York City, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago and Oakland, California during a Monday, Aug. 11, news conference as potential future targets in what would be a drastic escalation of federal presence on the streets of American cities. "We're not going to lose our cities over this. This will go further. We're starting very strongly with D.C., and we're going to clean it up real quick," Trump said.

Trump did not elaborate on his plans for other cities. But one of the two executive actions he signed Aug. 11 directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to coordinate with governors of states and "authorize the orders of any additional members of the National Guard to active service, as he deems necessary and appropriate, to augment this mission."

"We're going to take back our capital," Trump said. "And then we'll look at other cities also. But other cities are studying what we're doing."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/11/trump-national-guard-deployment-us-cities-dc/85610923007/

[Irish_Dem]

1. Coincidentally it will be only blue cities which Trump invades.

Same pretext Putin used to invade Ukraine, he had to protect
the people from rabble rousers.

[DemMedic]

2. He's bringing the matches...

Whose going to light the fuse?

[Walleye]

3. Fascism 101. Did we get anything at all out of military deployment to LA? I don't think so.

[TommyT139]

4. Sad to say it, but

... it's time to start asking where someone served before thanking them for their service.

It's a small number now, but will grow larger and larger. Hopefully so will the number of people who refuse illegal orders.

[Javaman]

5. I'm waiting for the bunker hill moment.

I keep saying, less a civil war and more of a revolution.

[Magoo48]

6. Yup, decidedly more a revolution.

At some point he will take an action which captures and inflames the spirit of the masses. Hopefully, this is inevitable and occurs sooner rather than later.

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. Gods, I hope so.

I am a bit too cynical to feel that such a thing is going to happen in time to save anything.

Let's hope you are correct.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. Reminder: nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility

There simply aren’t enough troops, even if you include active duty military stationed overseas, to control 300 million people across all 50 states.

They couldn’t even control L.A.

P.S. DC is unique, in that it is a “federal district” unlike any other city in the US.

P.P.S. Guess what the media isn’t talking about while troops are deployed in DC?

[mwmisses4289]

8. What the media isn't talking about...

The almost instant spontaneous protests that sprang up in front of the white house in response to his hostile takeover of D.C.?

[Miguelito Loveless]

12. The media is also

following the Trump script carefully. They may mention that crime is down in DC, but they do little else.

[bluestarone]

9. Hev wants Martial law in the worst way

I'm betting he succeeds in many states before 2026.

[travelingthrulife]

10. Convicted felon and rapist says what?

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. Anyone else going to claim

we are not a de facto dictatorship?

[Bayard]

13. Terrorize voters in Dem cities before the mid-terms

[azureblue]

14. What Trump is doing is illegal

And it won't stop until a mayor or governor creates a physical confrontation.

[Vinca]

16. Guess he hasn't seen the list of most dangerous cities. Better start in the red states. There are 4 in Ohio alone.

[Playingmantis]

17. Crackdown on crime as he pardons rioters

What the hell have Americans unleashed?