President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

While details of the plan were unclear, the administration is preparing to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, a U.S. official told Reuters.

President Donald Trump is expected on Monday to announce plans to use federal resources to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., and remove homeless people from the city’s public spaces, a move that local leaders are condemning as an overriding of local control of the city based on false pretenses.