Donald Trump’s deployment of thousands of troops into Washington, D.C., failed to reduce violent crime, a study has found.
Research from the nonpartisan D.C.-based think tank Niskanen Center found that while the president’s addition of around 2,000 troops to patrol the capital in August led to a reduction in “opportunistic property crime,” it had no measurable effect on violent crime.
Instead, the $185 million deployment of National Guard troops was more of a “blunt and expensive” stunt, and their presence only resulted in a 24 percent reduction in crimes such as theft and vandalism, the study found.
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