Source: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu v / Getty Donald Trump has once again used his presidential powers in bad faith to exhibit a meaningless show of force so that he can appear to be strong to a country of citizens who know he's as weak as seven days. The Orange Man announced that he will be deploying the National Guard, 800 troops to be exact, in Washington, D.C., to commandeer the local police department in an effort to curb what he calls a "public safety emergency" of crime and homelessness.