500 additional National Guard members will be sent to D.C., Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says

President Trump has asked me and I will ask the Secretary of the Army to the National Guard to add 500 additional troops, National Guardsmen to Washington DC. Uh this will only stiffen our resolve to ensure that we make Washington DC safe and beautiful. The drop in crime has been historic. The increase in safety and security has been historic.But if criminals want to conduct things like this, violence against America's best, we will never back. ...