Bloomberg News
@Bloomberg-News·2.8M subscribers·40.1K videos
Trump Deploys National Guard to DC, Federalizes Police
Posted
August 11, 2025
Views
41,611
Likes
668
Comments
83
Engagement
1.80%
August 11, 2025
41,611
668
83
1.80%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
0:57Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump announced he would take control of Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard as part of a push to reduce crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital.
“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people,” Trump said Monday at a White House press conference. “And we’re not going to let it happen anymore.”
The 800-person National Guard deployment is expected to assist with logistics, transportation, and other tasks, with an eye toward freeing up more local police to make arrests. That’s similar to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles earlier this year to assist federal immigration officials carrying out raids.
----------
Like this video? Subscribe
Bloomberg News is the first word in business news. Visit bloomberg.com for the latest on global business, markets and more.
Get unlimited access to Bloomberg.com for $1.99/month for the first 3 months
Bloomberg on YouTube:
Connect with us on social:
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
