NATIONAL GUARD TO D.C. Early in August, Trump initiated his anti-crime plan to clean up Washington, D.C. by deploying the U.S. National Guard. Other states primarily led by the GOP have sent their own sector of the National Guard to assist. As we’ve already learned, the D.C. National Guard is specifically under the authority of the President. This is simply the common argument used to validate Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to D.C.WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?