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D.C. To See More Federal Troops As Trump Pushes To Extend Emergency (Video)

FBI agents patrol the Navy Yard neighborhood in D.C. on Tuesday. (Craig Hudson/For the Washington Post)

A split screen emerged in the first 48 hours of President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal law enforcement and the National Guard onto D.C. streets: rhetoric from the president painting the city as a crime-addled wasteland, which D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) condemned, and, on the ground, a surge in federal resources bolstering D.C. police — which she and the police chief welcomed.

The impact of Trump’s federal actions came into view Tuesday night, with National Guard troops on the ground and agents from numerous federal agencies roaming D.C. streets from the National Mall to busy corridors in Columbia Heights. The White House said the overnight operation would soon become a 24/7 affair, with a significantly greater National Guard presence — and Trump said he intended to ask Congress to extend the emergency allowing him to federalize D.C. police beyond 30 days.

Spokespeople for Bowser and Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D) declined to comment.

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