The Pentagon has extended the deployment through the end of Trump’s term.
The Trump administration boosted the deployment of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., as part of a summer surge, and now the guard will remain in the nation’s capital through January 2029.
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The National Guard will stay deployed in the nation’s capital until the end of President Donald Trump’s term in office, according to news reports.
The move comes as part of Trump’s efforts to “beautify” Washington, D.C., which he excoriated before his second term as run down and crime-ridden but now calls “one of the safest cities in the country.”
The deployment will last through Inauguration Day 2029, NPR and The Hill reported Tuesday.
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