The 800 members of the National Guard who will “clean up” Washington are there, the Pentagon says

The 800 members of the National Guard mobilized by Donald Trump to “clean” Washington, according to the US president’s terms, are in the US capital, the Pentagon said today. “At present, the 800 members of the National Guard have been mobilized and are hereina here, in our capital,” defense ministry spokesman Kingsley Wilson told reporters. They will “help the Washington Police and their federal colleagues who have been tasked with public order to guarantee the security of the monuments, patrol in the neighborhoods, protecting facilities and federal employees”, and control traffic. These backed military “will remain until public order is restored in the city, as decided by President Trump.” The US president announced on Monday that he is putting the city of Washington under immediate federal control to restore public order and security. Extraordinary measures for a city that, as he says, ‘has […]
Source: News Beast

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