Trump at today’s press conferenceDistrict of Columbia National Guardsmen have been involuntarily ordered to report to duty at the DC Armory tomorrow through September 25, according to a copy of the order I obtained. Their purpose is to “protect federal property” and “support federal and District law enforcement,” the order says. The directive follows Trump’s executive order this morning declaring a “crime emergency” in DC, for which reason Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a press conference that he would be deploying the National Guard. “Huge waste of time and money when their focus is [supposed to be] saving money,” a DC National Guard source told me. If the nearly half dozen Guardsmen I’ve spoken to about the deployment are at all representative, frustration with the order is widespread.