I predict there’ll be mass resignations form the National Guard after shit like this.

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It’s weird. Someone who has made it abundantly clear he holds no value or respect for our military, is utilizing them completely inappropriately to further some bullshit agenda. One that was concocted by a Neo Nazi fun fact. Catch ICE picking up garbage?

Exactly. AND our troops on their KNEES rolling out a red carpet for Putin. Wanted by the ICC.

(I see we agree as your other comments came in while I was composing my monologue haha) Unbelievable. Outrageous. Unprecedented. Embarrassing. Wednesday.

That's the point.

It sure is.

Yep, big ol' Crime Emergency there, huh? Next thing you know, they'll be sitting around making S'Mores.

Omg, clearly it's an emergency!!

Hey, they could be sitting around in committee meetings, like the doofus who sent them there... At least the National Guard is doing something productive.

It would be nice to hire people to do that job, instead of taking guards people away from their families and full-time jobs.

Absolutely no argument.

Speaking from experience, I guarantee those soldiers are hating that "mission" and know they are just being used. It's worse for the National Guard because they are actual civilians with regular jobs and families they are away from for this stunt.

It's doubly screwed up because Washington D.C. (like most other cities/states) already HAS departments and programs to pick up trash and litter, primarily through their Department of Public Works (DPW).

He's cruel. I bet he loves to be able to watch them doing this right outside the WH windows.

What I think happened; Gavin Newsom teased that tangerine taint sumbeyatch by pointing out that the National Guard didn't really do anything while deployed to L.A. When the guard arrived to D.C. they were seen just aimlessly walking around so now ordered to pick up litter.

...betting trump will use this to complain that D.C. has another problem with litter that wasn't being addressed therefore providing another "crucial mission" that needed the NG deployed there.

They are always manufacturing some new "emergency"

It's gross. Absolutely disgusting.

Thank you, Bushido Blaq. 💞

100%. My heart feels crushed for them. Absolutely crushed.

Then they can resign

For better or worse, word through the military grapevine is that a lot of them are deciding not to reenlist thanks to the tangerine taint.

This is good to hear. I have not served, neither of my children served, so I don't have information. I value your input. Thank you. My father was a Vietnam Vet, but sadly, he passed in 2018. I know all of this would make him extremely sad. He was a liberal through and through. Hated 1.0 Trump.

Well, it's a bitter two-sided coin; it's admirable that some are taking a stand but ultimately leaves us weakened via lack of experienced personnel when a real emergency occurs. For generations, almost all of my family has served in the military, federal civilian service and law enforcement/cont..

...and in each military branch (I'm one of only 3 Marines in the fam, though) ALL of us, past and present, HATE what this administration is doing.

I can't even imagine how you must be feeling. Thank you ALL for serving.

Agreed. I would take the dishonorable discharge before I stood against fellow Americans.

Really it's called police call to you civilians.

'National Garbage Men'?... militarized trash pickup ... damn if'n our America isn't on the skids ... shameful ... 🤨

Truly.

If Trump wants to expand the Americorps program or reimplement the CCC, I'm all for it. But, that's not what the National Guard is for. Not his personal grounds keepers.

Trash-ional Guard!

More ridiculous than humiliating.

At least they’re doing something

MAGA army, don’t care

Yes. I did that for one of my early jobs when I was 16. Picking up trash at Six Flags over TX. For $1.15 an hour. To have to do that as a member of our military IS truly humiliating. tRump is an asshole.

So, THIS is the real reason they were sent to DC. Not enough city workers to pick up the trash because they’ve been deployed maybe? Hey, just send in the National Guard to do the housekeeping.

Great

Well join up to be an armed slave soldier of the fascist USA.inc, you really thought you would fight for democracy and civil rights? Hollywood brainwashing worked wonders.

Next the National Guard will be planting grass so all parks can look like golf courses 😹

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, they could clean out a shitload

Maybe the National Guard needs to be posted around every elementary school in this shithole country.

Remember they are getting paid to do so, are away from their day jobs and families, whatever other life they had.

Remember: it’s never just a job or a paycheck if it’s helping erase the existence of human beings. No paycheck is worth that much. @lorennacleary.bsky.social

I know they get paid. Do they make what they get paid for their full-time jobs? What's the cost to be away from their families? Priceless. Can anyone/guards people please contribute some information? Thank you.

@warrocketajaxjr.bsky.social

They’ll get paid for being deployed and it varies depending on if the duty is hazardous or not.

In most cases they probably don’t get pay that matches their civilian salaries, just the regular base military pay scale plus whatever extra for the kind of duties they perform. However, I was only deployed while active duty military so I could be off regarding national guard deployments.

Thank you for your input, I sincerely appreciate you, Bushido! Thank you for your service!

In the military *when you don't have anything to do, you clean.* I'm not offended at all. This is not humiliating, this is the military when there's no work. The fact that it's in the middle of a deployment screams volumes.

Spot on, Aaron. Thank you. Deployment. Taken from their families and jobs for this important mission.

They made a choice to b there. Remember all the posts about “just doing my job isn’t an acceptable excuse”…

I think it’s more that they r there supposed to be “protecting from all the criminals” and all they have to do is pick up trash. It’s the optics of it

Thank you! How is it humiliating to do honorable work? I’ve seen a lot if these type comments and they are not it. They denigrate the necessary and honorable work of custodians and garbage ppl. Please everyone stop doing that. And it’s far more honorable that what they were brought to do!!!

Taken from their families and jobs for this important mission. You are seriously uninformed.

You are seriously unable to connect dots Muting

Yes, it's HUMILIATING.

Bub bye!

@warrocketajaxjr.bsky.social

So t*ump can watch them pick up garage right outside the WH windows? I know where these videos were taken. This is disgusting.

Oh it's humiliating as FUCK to the idiot that ordered it. He literally said "things are so bad I have to send in the national guard. Against any facts." If you're supporting that idiot you need to retake highschool.

Trump thinks military personnel are suckers and losers. This is all he thinks they’re good for, besides harassing and threatening American citizens.

I think when our troops are sent to blue cities,we should show them APPRECIATION! Everyone thank them for their service. Pay for food tabs. Throw them a big party with food and music!

honestly, yeah. so long as they are respectful. im sure plenty dont want to be used like pawns in trumps game.

It would also be great to win over their votes!

My room is an absolute mess. Do I call Dear Leader directly to get the National Guard over here to clean it, or is there some official process I need to go through? My roommate is a Trumpie. He'll put in a good word for me.

Didn't even give them pokey sticks or claw thingies.

Trump was hoping this was going to distract from the Epstein Files.

Maybe fulfill the 1994 Budapest Memorandum 🇺🇦 is a better challenging job or mission for our young. But what the hell, 🗑️

They should've taken the trash out of the WH yesterday. Looked like a full table full.

When has fascism gotten this boring?

Can they make a pit stop at the Wh?

DON'T BLAME THE GUARDSMEN. They signed up in good faith (most of them) and are obeying their commanders' orders. BLAME THEIR COMMANDERS for making them do it. Those higher up know this is wrong, but they're afraid of POS47......screw them, they should refuse to demean to their soldiers in this way.

Wait. I didn't blame them.

Gotta have something to do since they are obviously not fighting crime.

They've capitulated to Nazi trash so they can pick up trash.

He can watch his "suckers" RIGHT outside his windows! I bet that's SATISFYING for him.

My heart hurts.

This is the only functional thing they've done, the goose-stepping creeps

About time they did something productive...

Yeah I’m sure that’s what they signed for! NOT!

That's Maggot Wanker's point. He hates the military and has no clue about sacrifice. Humiliation is the point.

they should be picking themselves up and going home.

If they are going to pick up trash, start with the White House.