Move to send in National Guard for crime crackdown

DONALD Trump has announced plans to call in the US National Guard to tackle crime and homelessness in Washington DC.

- BY DAVID KLEPPER and BENJAMIN LYNCH

Speaking alongside top officials in his administration at a White House press conference yesterday, Trump said cops from the District of Columbia National Guard will be sent into the US capital to assist law enforcement.

The President added: "This is 'Liberation Day' in DC. We're going to take our capital back."

Trump revealed the new measures after claiming the US capital had "become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the world" in a post on Truth Social. Standing in the White House briefing room, Trump compared crime data between Washington and cities and says "we doubled up on Baghdad".