DC launches ‘We the People’ campaign while National Guard patrols streets, picks up trash
National Guard troops deployed under President Donald Trump s sweeping federal takeover of the capital were spotted this week picking up trash bags in Lafayette Park the National Mall and the Tidal Basin About soldiers have been assigned to cleanup duty as part of a White House-directed Safe and Beautiful Task Force according to reporting from FOX DC The strange optics highlight Washington s image challenge Trump ordered roughly Guard members into the city under a crime crisis plan though only a fraction genuinely patrol with police The rest are handling logistics or locality projects like hauling away litter under the supervision of the National Park Arrangement At the same time city tourism leaders are rolling out new ads to sell a different picture TRUMP'S WEEK SHAPED BY CRIME AGENDA PROBABLE GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO CHICAGODestination DC the city s official marketing arm stated a record million visitors in who spent billion generated billion in tax revenue and supported jobs in the capital To build on the momentum the group is pushing a We the People DC ad campaign that profiles locals who live work and thrive in the city Following the federal executive order DDC acted speedily to counter the narrative and separate rhetoric from reality the organization announced in its release International visitation is expected to drop in better than the national forecast but troubling since overseas tourists stay longer and spend up to four times as much as domestic ones the group declared Tourism officers are banking on America s th anniversary in to draw millions more TRUMP S USE OF NATIONAL GUARD IN DC IS A MODEL FOR SAVING AMERICA S CITIESBy then The National Archives will finish a million renovation A new immersive museum will open under the Lincoln Memorial The Jefferson Memorial will add a modern exhibit hall The National Air and Space Museum will reopen its final galleries The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden and a new -gate concourse at Dulles Airport are also set to open in with convention business projected to generate nearly hotel room nights that year President Trump promised to make Washington safe make it smart make it beautiful vowing to restore the city back to the gleaming capital that everybody wants it to be That backdrop makes the city s PR campaign and the optics of Guard troops hauling litter part of a broader political battle over whose vision of the nation s capital will prevail CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe White House did not without delay return Fox News Digital's request for comment
