# Trump put thousands of soldiers on Washington’s streets. They seldom stop crime

https://mins.news/en/item/25972

- Reuters, 2026-08-19 10:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-put-thousands-soldiers-washingtons-streets-they-seldom-stop-crime-2026-08-19/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a858107c69d290001819e30

> Well after midnight one spring night, three police officers arrived at a nightclub and found a man stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk. The report examines Trump’s deployment of thousands of soldiers onto Washington’s streets and how seldom they stop crime.

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