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BuzzFeed on MSNWashington, DC Residents Are Sharing What It's Really Like Having National Guard Troops Patrol Their Neighborhoods
After cutting DC's budget and federal security funding, Trump sent 1,500 troops to patrol the city's wealthiest neighborhoods, claiming it's about crime — but residents aren't buying it.
Troop deployments and patrols in downtown areas got the most attention, but life in historically diverse neighborhoods was reshaped as well.
Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s capital.