President Trump says other US cities could be next as he deploys National Guard to DC [View all]

Source: USA Today

Updated Aug. 11, 2025, 6:00 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said he might expand his crackdown on crime in the nation's capital to other major U.S. cities as he announced plans to send 800 National Guard troops into Washington, D.C.

Trump singled out New York City, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago and Oakland, California during a Monday, Aug. 11, news conference as potential future targets in what would be a drastic escalation of federal presence on the streets of American cities. "We're not going to lose our cities over this. This will go further. We're starting very strongly with D.C., and we're going to clean it up real quick," Trump said.

Trump did not elaborate on his plans for other cities. But one of the two executive actions he signed Aug. 11 directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to coordinate with governors of states and "authorize the orders of any additional members of the National Guard to active service, as he deems necessary and appropriate, to augment this mission."

"We're going to take back our capital," Trump said. "And then we'll look at other cities also. But other cities are studying what we're doing."

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