Trump announced his intention to bring the US National Guard to Baltimore.

On September 3, US President Donald Trump announced that he intends to deploy the country's National Guard to Baltimore, Maryland.

According to the American leader, such methods are needed to combat the high crime rate. He also added that he would order federal intervention in the situation in Chicago.

"Chicago is a hellhole right now, Baltimore is a hellhole right now," CBS News quoted Trump as saying.

Capture of the capital: Donald Trump brought the National Guard to Washington on the eve of the meeting with Putin

Democrats accused the American leader of exceeding his presidential powers.

On August 12, the Pentagon mobilized about 800 U.S. National Guard troops to Washington to fight crime in the capital. On August 13, the troops arrived in the American capital.

On August 21, Trump personally took to the streets of Washington with the National Guard to fight crime. The American leader praised the police and military for reducing the level of offenses in the country. The next day, the president issued a statement about the absence of murders in Washington a week after the National Guard was deployed. According to him, the crime rate has decreased by 87%.

On August 25, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the detention of more than a thousand people in Washington, and more than 100 firearms have been confiscated since the National Guard entered the city.

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