Trump defends using National Guard for crime crackdown
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President Trump has threatened to send National Guard troops into more American cities after deploying soldiers in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles this year. He’s highlighted Baltimore and
Insisting Chicago "desperately needs help" to tackle crime, President Donald Trump doubled down on plans to deploy the National Guard to quell violence in the city.
Hundreds of people have been arrested since President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown flooded the nation’s capital with federal agents and troops.
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Trump’s Guard plan aside, rampant city crime feels normalized in America: The Readers Write
Readers of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer fear that America has come to accept violence and high crime in cities. Whether it is Donald Trump's plan to patrol with the National Guard or some other strategy,
Donald Trump's attention is increasingly focused on making DC more safe and pristine, down to the details of several projects.
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Trump administration faces backlash over cuts to crime prevention; local groups make adjustments
"The president's budget actually cuts funding to violence intervention groups. It cuts funding towards the bureau of the FBI, ATF, that are supporting local jurisdictions like Baltimore," said Maryland Governor Wes Moore while appearing on Face the Nation on CBS Sunday.
Trump rejected allegations that his use of the National Guard in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, was an abuse of power. "I'm not a dictator," he said.