Some National Guard units in Washington start carrying firearms as Trump threatens additional cities with deployments

Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms

On Friday, Trump talked about his controversial deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and said Chicago and New York City would be next. He has described the deployment in the nation’s capital as a bid to clean up crime, but critics dismiss the move as little more than political overreach.