Those troops are bored as fuck

What, ran out of mulch? www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... So...they're basically vagrants now, eh? Just loitering & causing people to feel unsafe & uncomfortable in their own town. Do we need the Marines to clear them out?🤔

What a waste of fucking money!

This is what Republicans call Government Efficiency -- using taxpayer funds to pay soldiers to stand around and chit-chat on subway platforms in DC just so Trump can appear to be a strong man.

The fact there are more National Guard on the Metro Center platform than riders is scary.

was funnier when Letterman did it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5MY...

The fascists take over the state.

Can’t they be useful and build some benches or something

Ask them if they’ll get a unit patch for surviving Metro Center, or a challenge coin.

Those are traitors to their oath. Traitors to the country.

What waste of money.

there’s more of them than residents !

Many scholars of authoritarianism argue MAGA strategy is system capture — using elections as a gateway, then restructuring the system to entrench permanent power Moves like federalizing police, sidelining governors, and militarizing cities line up with that concern

Normalising military mobilisation in US cities I'm not saying it's a preparation for a coup Project 2025

some comedian needs to start walking up to them and interviewing them....

They should take the train

Sorry about your dicks, boys.

Do they get hazard pay for being in what Trump characterizes as one of the most dangerous places in the world?

Looks like NYPD whenever I am in the city. Just crowds of officers standing around on corners and public squares and in the subways, playing candy crush.

The camo gear in a built up urban environment is hilarious. I'm sure that near-empty train carriage feels extra safe from crime though.

Want to like but this has the perfect number of likes already

Can they play candy crush like the cops?

Doing what exactly???

Milling.

Complete waste of time, money, and attention.

so much government efficiency

I'd quit from embarrassment if I were in the national guard lmao this is sad.

Just standing around, doing nothing, taking up space, making people uncomfortable...

Doing what? Just showing an armed presence? Exactly why is he doing it now? What is he afraid of, what is he planning? Besides the obvious, stealing the midterms and 2028 election.

Compare and contrast. www.google.com/search?q=we%...

I bet they would be less likely to massacre civvies if we got them lawn chairs and a fully stocked Yeti cooler.

F them

I wouldnt feel safe there.

He wants to normalize a military presence in American cities so that in 4 years when he refuses to step down, the military and public will be used to martial law

Looks like they're getting ready to deploy.

The No Goods just look silly in every single photo/video of them.

Where are the libertarians protesting this shit? Or did that die once weed became legal?

Maybe we can get them to play Pokemon Go all the kids were playing years ago. Gotta be more interesting than doing this.

They better pay a fare.

#Traitors milling around Metro Center in DC. Fixed it for you. #WakeUP

Jesus. There are more National Guard there than soldiers in the train stations when I visited Britain during the height of the IRA conflict. America seems to be baby PeePee weenies. Scary cats of the common folk. Pathetic.

Yeah the people of DC are really scared of the Metro Center WMATA station, and that's why we begged and pleaded with Trump to do this.

Fuckin' losers haha.

are they looking for epsteins ghost?

What a fucking waste of tax dollars

Land of the free, and the home of the brave?

Be a shame if they fell into the tracks.

I was gonna say something to this effect!! 😆 Like, With any luck they trip over their boots and splat!

Imagining these guys in white plastic stormtrooper outfits puts this in the proper context.

One to the other: "maybe it's another drill"

Your tax dollars at work, though "work" is a strong leap here

Imagine if this was going on during Police Week 😳

And more.

Such an insult to these dedicated people

I hope they arrest the dude in the blue shirt. He’s not the right color.

And more!

taxpayer dollars at "work"

👍🏼 Such a waste.

If I was in DC I'd bring my boombox and get the party started!

Break out the boombox, guys! Dance!

Yeah, throw down some cardboard and start spinnin on your heads and shit

1 1 million a day while our kids are slaughtered in schools.

Tax money ‘well spent’

Give them Candy Crush so they blend in with the regular police