In another update, the Guard indicates troops "continue efforts to restore and beautify public spaces across the District" and have "cleared 906 bags of trash, spread 744 cubic yards of mulch, removed five truckloads of plant waste, cleared 3.2 miles of roadway, and painted 270 feet of fencing."
Those statistics may be among the most consequential takeaways of Trump's use of the military in D.C., Dempsey said, and should prompt scrutiny of whether this mission was ever necessary in the first place.
"That is such a suboptimal use of military training that we should all be asking, 'Why are they here?'" Dempsey said. "If they're picking up trash, they're not here for a security emergency. There's no clearer metric than that."…
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