Ark., commends President Donald Trump possibly joining Washington, D.C., police on patrol and defends the National Guard's 'entirely appropriate role' on 'The Story.'

President Donald Trump announced he is “going out” on patrol in Washington, D.C. on Thursday night alongside the National Guard and the police. Trump’s announcement sparked widespread mockery on social media platform X,

President Donald Trump is proudly promoting the work of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington to confront what the Republican president describes as an out-of-control crime wave in the Democratic-run city.

What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican governors from six states have pledged to send hundreds of their Guardsmen as reinforcements.

A crash Wednesday on Capitol Hill between a military vehicle in a District of Columbia National Guard convoy and an SUV is under investigation. The driver of the SUV had to be freed from the vehicle by firefighters and was sent to a nearby hospital with a minor head laceration, according to the local fire department.

Officials said the driver of the SUV had to be extricated by firefighters and was sent to a nearby hospital with a minor head laceration.

Two Members of the District of Columbia National Guard alerted local law enforcement to a potentially life-threatening situation