Move to arm all 2,375 estimated troops marks shift in rules of engagement for domestic military deployments
The Pentagon said on Tuesday that every national guard member deployed in Washington DC would now be armed with live weapons, and that they had begun conducting joint patrols with the local police department.
The directivefollows the ambush shooting of two guard members near the White House last week, an incident that has prompted the Trump administration to order hundreds of additional troops to the city. One of the national guard members has since died from her injuries.
The escalation also comes as a recent order finding the national guard deployment in Washington DC unlawful is on hold, pending consideration of the Trump administration’s appeal.
They blame it on a shooting last week but…
“National guard members supporting this mission have been armed with their assigned duty weapons since August 2025, in support of civil authorities and at the request of the lead federal agency,” a JTF-DC spokesperson said.
This needs to be pinned to the top.
Why is this shocking? The guard had loaded rifles during the George Floyd protests.
So, more blatantly illegal orders from Pete Hegseth? Cool. Add it to the list of charges against him…and as soon as Trump is out of office…drop the hammer on his nuts and throw him in the darkest hole the military has available for traitors like him.
Fascism won’t die with Trump.
Nope but we need to place great pressure on our representatives to put in safeguards against this in the future. The government has become like the early internet, too dependent on general good will and honorable behavior.
I’d rather clamp them slowly in a machinist’s floor vice.
Pic for reference.
The slower the better.
That makes sense hard to have a massacre without armed troops.
Raise your hand if you think the shooting was a false flag operation organized by Pedo Antionette and his cronies
The one committed by the “former” CIA asset? No waaaay
Wonder which secret service man shot the national gaurds?
It was probably the FBI that planned the whole thing, gave the guy the weapon, and goaded him into doing it just like they’ve been doing for decades so they can run to the news and talk about how they “foiled a terrorist plot.”
And millions of Americans are armed.
I wish, I really wish, the majority of those armed millions were not in favor of fascisn
This seems like trump is kicking the bucket naturally and they’re trying to set up for when their “dear leader” isn’t the figurehead anymore. That might be why the Mark Kelly+ vet video about following unlawful orders came to be. We’ll have dumb and dumber running the country. All speculation though.
And all they had to do was sacrifice two of their own and burn what’s most likely a liability asset.
As I’ve long been saying, every active service member who didn’t want to commit crimes against the populus needed to prepare to leave in November. If you only have regrets once shit hits the fan, there will be consequences.
I’m sure they will defend themselves against another false flag attack.
Search says open carry is illegal in Washington DC.
That’s only for law-abiding citizens.
So… they were just warm bodies in cute little war outfits before?
Posse Comitatus Act
