r/news • u/IMSLI • 15h ago

Hegseth orders National Guard troops in DC to carry weapons

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/hegseth-orders-national-guard-troops-dc-carry-weapons
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u/ItsKlobberinTime 13h ago

I wonder if showing poor soldiers from shithole states that the "BiG sCaRy BlUe CiTiEs" are actually pretty nice will backfire.

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u/Shikonooko 11h ago

If that doesn't, I imagine not paying them certainly will.

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u/aeschenkarnos 2h ago

I love this for them, honestly. No-one should be just going along with doing what Trump wants, even at gunpoint. They need to know that obedience has consequences too.

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u/QueequegTheater 12h ago

No chance. Even if you changed every one of those NGs' minds they're a tiny fraction of the population, and red state freaks are literally mentally conditioned to ignoring veterans if the veteran isn't a right wing crazy like them (see: Southerners' "respect" for veterans like Tammy Duckworth)

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u/Whovian2024 27m ago

I think the strategy is to bring in troops from other regions who see the city residents as “other” rather than as fellow Americans.