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LetMyPeopleVote

(170,114 posts)
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:18 PM Aug 29

National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC




https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/

The DC National Guard has spread a lot of mulch, 380 cubic tons, and picked up trash in Washington, D.C., amid the Trump admin's push to combat crime in the nation's capital.

Troops are mostly staying in hotels and have access to hot meals around the clock, officials said.

The administration said it's not tallying the cost of all this yet and has no idea how much it will cost the federal government.


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National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 OP
What is a cubic ton? Seriously. taxi Aug 29 #1
Laughing. Yeah, that does kind of stick out. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 #8
1 cubic ton - (40 cubic feet) LeftInTX Aug 29 #14
Thanks! taxi Aug 29 #19
I got it from Wikipedia. I used timber. LeftInTX Aug 29 #22
My First Question Too ProfessorGAC Aug 29 #24
Thank God! We are all so much safer now!!! n/t Ars Longa Aug 29 #27
Any chance I can get the National Guard to come to my house? I need some bushes trimmed, invasive vines cut and, Vinca Aug 29 #2
If the National Guard went to work pulling up English ivy in Rock Creek Park, mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 #9
Is there kudzu there? LeftInTX Aug 29 #15
That's a lot of crime right there! Jilly_in_VA Aug 29 #29
I thought this was a euphemism JoseBalow Aug 29 #3
National Gardensmen: "Always Ready, Always There--With A Rake!" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Aug 29 #4
Boy and Girl Scouts could do that GusBob Aug 29 #5
ABC has already taken the page down bob4460 Aug 29 #6
It's still on their feed. Those links get lost in their feed. I noticed that yesterdAy. LeftInTX Aug 29 #17
National Guard Troops Are On Garbage, Gardening and Toilet Cleaning Detail Huh? MrWowWow Aug 29 #7
Crims are repelled by well manicured gardens and flvegan Aug 29 #11
Is this the "be all you can be" part of the program? flvegan Aug 29 #10
Hope they are carrying guns! People steal mulch. yellowcanine Aug 29 #12
HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING US!!!!! The TAXPAYERS!!! US!!! niyad Aug 29 #13
That's not the Guard's job Oeditpus Rex Aug 29 #16
Hee-hee..Or make Hegseth do it for free. He seems to like slavery anyway. LeftInTX Aug 29 #18
When one ForgedCrank Aug 29 #23
Meanwhile, trump is busy spreading tons of manure. 2MuchNoise Aug 29 #20
I suspect that's "cubic yards" which is how mulch is measured jmowreader Aug 29 #21
Fighting crime in DC one weed at a time LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 #25
Dems should have made DC a state when they had the chance.....NOW Bread and Circuses Aug 29 #26
National Guard troopers ordered to deploy in DC have been tasked with spreading mulch in local parks LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 #28
What's the going rate for a hotel room in DC? Emile Aug 29 #30
TRUMP'S SLAVES! Xoan Aug 29 #31
One thing about trump's regard for the military: it's consistent. (nt) Paladin Aug 29 #32
trump is stiffing and cheating our national guard personnel LetMyPeopleVote Sep 3 #33
The Battle of DC LetMyPeopleVote Sep 4 #34

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,794 posts)
8. Laughing. Yeah, that does kind of stick out.
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:39 PM
Aug 29

Cubic meters, I guess they mean.

And good afternoon.

LeftInTX

(34,006 posts)
14. 1 cubic ton - (40 cubic feet)
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:43 PM
Aug 29

So they put down 15,200 cubic feet or probably 30,400 sq ft a little over a square mile if they put down six inches. Knowing this gang they laid it on thick.

taxi

(2,519 posts)
19. Thanks!
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:12 PM
Aug 29

I had never heard of mixing measurements of volume and weight together, except for figuring out specific gravities.
Now we don't have to worry if a bag of mulch is labeled as floating or not. All we have to do is weigh the bag of 0.6 cubic feet and voila! A quick search on the internet, and that's about enough thinking for this week. It's Friday.
Cheers

ProfessorGAC

(74,546 posts)
24. My First Question Too
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 06:16 PM
Aug 29

Cubic Yard, maybe. In fact, as someone who had bulk mulch delivered last year, that's the most common unit of sale.
We bought 26 yards³, or about 16,000#
380 cubic yards would be around 230,000#.
If it's 380 tons, then it's 760k#.
That seems more realistic.

Vinca

(52,731 posts)
2. Any chance I can get the National Guard to come to my house? I need some bushes trimmed, invasive vines cut and,
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:22 PM
Aug 29

yes, some mulch put around the shrubs. If they have time, maybe than can do a dump run with the trash, too.

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,794 posts)
9. If the National Guard went to work pulling up English ivy in Rock Creek Park,
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:41 PM
Aug 29

people would be standing in line to shake the members' hands.

And good afternoon.

LeftInTX

(34,006 posts)
17. It's still on their feed. Those links get lost in their feed. I noticed that yesterdAy.
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:47 PM
Aug 29
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=124929306&entryId=125093018&cid=social_twitter_abcn

National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC
The DC National Guard has spread a lot of mulch, 380 cubic tons, and picked up trash in Washington, D.C., amid the Trump admin's push to combat crime in the nation's capital.

Troops are mostly staying in hotels and have access to hot meals around the clock, officials said.

The administration said it's not tallying the cost of all this yet and has no idea how much it will cost the federal government.

MrWowWow

(1,335 posts)
7. National Guard Troops Are On Garbage, Gardening and Toilet Cleaning Detail Huh?
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:38 PM
Aug 29

And this'll lower crime how?

flvegan

(65,291 posts)
11. Crims are repelled by well manicured gardens and
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:43 PM
Aug 29

spotless toilets. Everyone knows that.

flvegan

(65,291 posts)
10. Is this the "be all you can be" part of the program?
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:41 PM
Aug 29

Nothing wrong with a job spreading mulch (or whatever), just seems a little off the advertisement, maybe a little overkill.

niyad

(127,429 posts)
13. HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING US!!!!! The TAXPAYERS!!! US!!!
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:17 PM
Aug 29

cankles krasnov is delighted to be fucking over the federal budget, fucking US over, for his ego, and his grab for insane power.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,757 posts)
16. That's not the Guard's job
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:45 PM
Aug 29

The Felon should order the Army Corps of Engineers to spread mulch. It'd cost us about 50 times more, so he'd look more powerful 'n' shit.

ForgedCrank

(2,878 posts)
23. When one
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:51 PM
Aug 29

is enlisted, you job is to do whatever the hell you are told to do and to smile while you are doing it.
These guys don't get a choice so I don't know why so many people are mocking the guys on the ground. I seriously doubt a single one of them is enjoying this duty assignment.

jmowreader

(52,674 posts)
21. I suspect that's "cubic yards" which is how mulch is measured
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:41 PM
Aug 29

380 yards of mulch is a shitload.

What I want to know: Some of the DC Army National Guard troops that were called up to do area beautification in the nation's capital (because Trump deported all the people who were doing it, don'tcha know?) are business owners. Every National Guard and Reserve unit has some business owners among its ranks. How is Trump planning to compensate the people who lose their businesses because they got called up to garden, or is he just going to tell them that's too fuckin' bad?

Bread and Circuses

(1,177 posts)
26. Dems should have made DC a state when they had the chance.....NOW
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 06:32 PM
Aug 29

We’re spending $1 million a day for gardeners? NOT the best use of trained military soldiers. I’m sure they are embarrassed and angry.

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