Litter is definitely a massive emergency that warrants mobilizing units from several states’ National Guard, arming them heavily and sending them into the streets of the capital.
Members of the National Guard deployed to D.C. will pick up trash and work on dozens of “beautification and restoration” projects, the military task force overseeing all troops in the District said Mo...
Has Trump seen Memphis? Never seen so much litter in my life. Much worse than anything I'd seen previously.
Well, heck! If they're willing to do that on the Federal dime ...
I'm VP of our local garden club in a small town in Maine. We voluntarily maintain all our municipal flower beds & pick up litter at all our parks. But our average member age is 80+, so we could really use some able-bodied help!
It's America, they'll shoot the garbage in the back for resisting arrest.
Couldn't they have paid the homeless even less money than they're paying the National Guard to do the exact same work, thus helping them get off the streets?
When they were searching the backpacks of scholl children, I knew there was no one left to snatch up
How does the NG feel about their gun toting job? Seems a bit ridiculous.
Bet the National Guard are proud to do that “task”
Beautification projects are great! Maybe hire a bunch of High School and College students for it. Much cheaper and you could use people who actually live in D.C. and need jobs
great use of taxpayer money
i regret getting out of the guard 15 years ago, i could have had the privilege of… garbage detail…
During my time in Uncle Sam's Army (1976-1980) I spent a lot of time picking up other people's cigarette butts. Soldiers picking up litter is nothing new.
And if the garbage gets outta hand you have guns to make sure it cooperates
That degrading
Armed? What will go wrong.
Maybe they can wash the sidewalks, apparently thats a problem in this country.
We can’t make sure children have food and people have basic medical care but we can waste shit tons of our tax dollars on this?
It fills me with f*cking fury!!!
And it’s only costing the taxpayer $1.1M a day. Hopefully that’s some serious beautification, apparently enough the OrangeNazi needed to declare an emergency.
If we go to war with another country, I wonder who’ll win the military contract for trash bags … Hefty or Glad?
Where’s DOGE when you need them? Talk about waste and abuse! These poor guys just want to be home working their jobs and spending time with their families.
At least they found something useful to do instead of just standing around!
Aside from the fascism, I’m fucking pissed my tax dollars are going to this while my health insurance costs will double next year.
Next they will have them in the fields. That is the contempt republicans have for our military.
I'm not a pro-military person, but I can't imagine the ignomy of serving under this regime.
The war on litter 😜
One good thing to come out of this is that the National Guard from red states have found out that cities aren't really the scary, crime-ridden hellholes Trump and Fox told them they were. It's only a matter of time until they realize that EVERYTHING Trump and Fox told them was a lie.
It must be hell to have to wear all those clothes in DC in the summer, while wearing a bulletproof vest and picking up trash
They are used to that... every weekend drill they do that... lol
Republicans can only frivolously pull these Guard guys away from their families and jobs because there's no accountability. Republicans figured out the Constitution was as full of holes as Swiss cheese and built an industry to exploit it while bystander Dems sat by passively for decades.
Does DOGE know about the world's most expensive litter pickers? The jan 6 rioters could have been doing that if the #1 traitor hadn't pardoned all 1,600 of them.
Pathetic, these guys will be lining up coke cans on the edge of the reflecting pool to shoot...
Wonder how the NG feels being pulled away from home just to replace the people who pick up trash.
Well, it's not like you could allocate money to give some in the community a job to manage litter, or something like that... right? That seems impossible... 🙄
jfc, this is outrageous. smh
There's a huge pile of trash in the Whitehouse.
Go fulfill your oath to the Constitution -
Haul out the domestic enemy & threat to our country.
Seal teams might be needed.
Nothing makes a soldier look more than a warrior, a killing machine, than picking up trash. Hegseth is really revolutionizing the armed forces. No wokeness there at all
Surely nothing a sanitation worker could do
The "litter" could be dangerous. It could be leftovers from Subway Sandwich (which is now classified as a weapon of mass destruction)
Community Service is often the sentence for those convicted of petty crimes. Guess they ran out of those folks so now they are using our Troops!!!! Disgraceful.
“I joined the guard to help protect my country.” You know the oldest name for those in the guard is “weekend warriors”. Non of this shit is what they signed up for and we are getting close to a redo of the Watts Riots.
Tax dollars at work. No waste, fraud and abuse. Nothing to see here folks 🙄
Oh, just like prisoners on a work gang.
Trained to be a deadly troop Now they fetch your doggy's poop Hegseth wants his soldier's hard Now they serve as the Trashional Guard.
(With apologies to Sgt. Barry Sadler and the Ballad of the Green Berets.)
it's goddamn national scourge is what it is. Make 'Merica Clean Again
Uh...you missed one. Yeah right over there. Good job boys.
I recall many storm disasters within this nation that need help far more gravely then simple trash duty.
The half of the units tasked with trash placement, on the other hand, are invaluable.
Armed to the teeth… to pick up trash
So… what I did in middle school with Junior Civitan? Kewl. 🤙🏻 Not enough crime? They also ain’t going to areas where’d there’s crime. 🙄
Taking them from their jobs and families so they can do litter patrol.
I hope the people of the states that mobilized these troops, now see the performative bullshit their Governors are putting on their national guard. It is humiliating and quite hurtful to those families. The Governors have shown themselves unworthy of their jobs.
😡😡😡😡😡
Shouldn’t they just shoot it with those guns?
In my book Everyone’s Trash, I talk about how each day in the U.S. we generate 1.6 billion pounds of refuse. The 2,200 National Guard troops in DC average 40 pounds collected trash/guardsman (generous estimate), which equates to 0.000055% of daily national generation.
JFC…
Could be worse for them...
Hegseth will order bayonets for their rifles so they could pick up trash without bending over
I'm so embarrassed for the toy soldiers... how degrading! 🙄
"Beautification Projects"!!!
RIGHT Up There in the Beginners Guide to Fascism !!!
So Lets Take Score!??
CONCENTRATION CAMPS? - ✔️
BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS? -✔️
To Do List Mentions:
Forced Labor Camps! Ethnic Cleansing Camps! Giant Statues of "Dear Leader"!
At 1.1 million dollars per day!!
Great evidence to support our cases all over the country that there are no emergencies - thanks, guys
What it looks like when the commander-in-chief has lost his marbles
There for when he declares war?
We are literally paying them to pick up trash. Isn’t that something for prison inmates to do, or some community service folks? 😡
Picking up litter and working on, “beautification and restoration” projects. Sounds like landscaping. Peak irony will come when ICE starts arresting them while they work.
Great waste of resources snd taxpayers money
We used to do that in Boy Scouts, for free.
As we are in the midst of hurricane season, maybe South Carolina and any other state that has seen continual and devastating flooding due to storms should have their National Guard troops home so they can help flood victims. Instead of having them in D.C. picking up trash, which isn't their job.
Well if they are picking up litter they are at least doing something useful and serving the people of DC. Not sure they need a loaded gun to do it though 🤔
Great use of our military and taxpayer dollars
could this be PUNISHMENT DUTY for guards that someone thought didn't show enough enthusiasm for their posting to DC?
Let morale tank within the ranks, it’ll fuel them turning on the traitor faster.
I remember there was some outcry during Covid when Massachusetts deployed Guardsmen to drive kids to school, in a dozen or so districts, due to a bus driver shortage.
There must be video of weekend Fox Anchor, Pete Hegseth, condemning that as an inappropriate use of military.
How fucking humiliating. I am sure it instills fear in our enemies to see how we treat litter.
If they’re picking up trash and not putting themselves in the bags along with the rest of the trash they are failing in their mission and should just be sent home.
How much do they get paid for this? Wonder how it stacks up to their jobs back home. Can they make their rents?
Well, there are worse things they could be doing, but I think it will be hard to get some of them to reenlist with the promise of “the most powerful trash bags” for your deployments.
They probably need to clean the toilets too.
My only real award from the Base Commander was a joint Accommodation Letter my squad got for doing his lawn.
So raking rocks, pulling weeds, all the jokes… literally part of the job.
The most North Korea thing I've read all week.
President who cried "Wolf!"
You know those National Guard are just so thrilled to be deployed away from their families, their jobs, their friends, so they can pick up litter in DC for the orange man
how about taking all that phony gold in the white house and getting rid of that
Propaganda BS. Total fraud waste and abuse of tax payer money.
Good thing they went through all that NG training.
The retention and recruitment metrics are going to be off the charts after this gets into the rumour mill.
Don't forget the grass! Next they'll have them spreading grass seed so it will look like a golf course.
idk, making them pick up trash lets them be useful for the first time in their lives.
300lbs pos n the wh js…
Gives them a human touch to mask their deadly primary raison d'être. Tells you that there was no compelling reason for them to be there in the first place and someone has got to eat it. You know who.
How demoralizing to these troops.
“Bravo 6, this is Bravo 9 actual, I’ve got a discarded Wendy’s bag in the open, over.”
“Roger, 9, initiate movement to contact. You are cleared hot to engage. Keep your head on a swivel and stay frosty, over.”
“Negative 6, I do not see a Frosty, I say again, Negative on a Frosty, over.”
How many of them are part-time that are being pulled away from their full time job?
It’s a trash crisis. The White House is teeming with trash. Clean up the garbage, boys!
Picking garbage with rifles,not even in n korea!what a sewer!🇨🇦💕🇺🇦💙💙💙💙
They most certainly didn't sign up for that
I’m sure that after watching our soldiers with guns on American streets picking up trash other nations are scared to death of us.
I'm confused how they'd have time for that, what with crime and lawlessness rampant in the streets and all 🙄
I’m kind of shocked no one’s been accidentally shot by dropping a loaded gun while they’re on trash pickup duty.
And how much is all this costing the taxpayers?
I'm pretty sure we could get that job done cheaper.
I can't think of a more cost effective use of resources.
This is all so nuts. Other countries must think of us as a reality show.
At least we got some sea shells out of Caligula.
Pete Hegseth isn't the badass he claims he is.
I don't know who told them to pick up litter but I wonder if they're opposed to the occupation, as having soldiers doing garbage duty doesn't really make their presence seem needed.
I'm 90% certain they hired a guy to root out waste and unnecessary expenditure like this.
Odd dude ... I think he was South African.
If you encounter Federal troops in your city, please ask them to call the military's GI Rights helpline for resisting illegal orders.
The troops are trained to ignore protesters, so maybe holding up a big sign would be better.
1-877-447-4487
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Posted this elsewhere, but maybe they could go sweep the forest floors? Better use of their time if they have to do stupid shit, might as well help with the fires in CA.
I greatly fear when it comes to the Supreme Court finally having a chance to rule on, "Can he just keep making up emergencies?" they will find some way to let him keep doing it, while overturning any other that said no. My respect for the republicans on the court is definitely at the lowest ever.
Now…if they’d just take out the garbage from the White House
It's not normal for US Military to be roaming US cities.
Picking up trash by the National car in Washington DC is costing the American taxpayer over a million a day.
cLeAniNg tHe sTrEeTs
Armed trash collection. Sweet. Only in trumpistan.
Maybe they can do microplastics next 🤔
Protecting the people of the United States from tyranny and trash so Stephen Miller is pleased and the Pedophile can brag about ending the war in DC. That’s war number 11.
Are they safe out there, doing that work, with all that crime…?
Let's hope their guns don't accidentally go off as they bend over to pick up that plastic bottle
pyongyang style
I think what they actually need is a bunch of Eagle Scouts.
I can see it now: Troop shoots hydrangea
Sergeant: cease fire, cease fire
Troop "but it waved at me"
Are they taking out the trash at 1600?
We could hire the homeless for far cheaper.
How much is this costing taxpayers? Wtf!
You can never be too safe around a wrapper with the new Cracker Barrel logo. Need to be locked and loaded
@ $1,000,000 / day of taxpayer dollars!!
They need to get Trump’s fat ass out there to help them. They are taking away immigrant jobs. Bet they miss hard working immigrants now.
Trash finds trash though
Perhaps next they can do something about climate change. Just a thought.
The trash takes itself out!
Imagining an alternative universe where President Harris activated the California National Guard and sent them to Idaho to clean up Boise's parks.
I'm sure the good citizens of Idaho would act calmly and rationally in that instance.
Damn that Crime Wave Left Some Serious "Trump Trash" Undertow
Had to be Picked up.... Herr Leader Can't Look Bad
Joins the Army, see the world and pick up their trash.
sandwiches, esp.
"Area beautification," the First Sergeant's task of last resort when the only alternative is leaving the troops to their own devices. Words cannot express how much these poor bastards are hating life right now. They got yanked out of their civilian lives for a literal Shit Detail.
There's a smelly orange mess on Pennsylvania Ave. It IS an emergency! Please, any and all hands needed!!
Why is it always pictures on the mall? If there was funding for NPS, there’d be park employees to clean and maintain and help monitor all of these places in DC because it’s not MPD that does.
They must be so embarrassed by all of this
Littering is a crime ya know...better start detaining offenders without due process!
This is forced labor. Why can't Trump activate his supporters to come the DC to do beatification projects?
Good thing they're armed. I'd hate to see them pick up a crumpled wrapper and find a roach under it.
Taxpayers losing healthcare should be thrilled this is how money is being spent.
maybe we should issue bayonets so they can pick up trash without so much bending over
National Guard trash collection. 🤡
If they're picking up garbage, I'm betting they won't be allowed through the White House gates?
Sending them into urban neighborhoods in camo uniforms is classic. Our government is such a joke.
I’m glad they’re armed now, discarded trash can be dangerous 🙄
That’s dome expensive trash
Yes! But it’s woke, namby pamby, liberal litter and very dangerous! It requires technical removal and management to successfully take it off the streets! The litter takeover was only days away from succeeding. They got there just in time. No casualties to date! And the battle has been joined!
I imagine it must be super humiliating for them
I feel so much secure.
We used to have a workforce of people for that purpose. What could have happened?🤔
Instead of a bayonet they should put a grabber on the end of the rifle so they don’t hurt their backs bending over.
Still trash blowing around from Trump’s stupid parade…
Honestly, I think we’re being too hard on the NG. Everybody knows that the best way to dispose of a used cigarette bud sitting in a gutter is to shoot it with a military-grade rifle.
Do National Guard troops have the right aesthetics background and relevant training to do a proper job on “beautification” projects???
They should cut down all those brambles on the side of the roads.
And the hi-vis vests on top of the cammo is a crucial part of their tactical strategy.
The real trash in DC is sitting in the Oval Office. Why doesnt the National Guard take that out???
So does this mean the National guard is going to Chicago to do a spring clean? Should we get the guard some new cleaning aprons?
It’s not like they have other jobs or family.
That’s an expensive Garbage collection system….. plus it’s disgusting our troops are being abused this way!
Making sure there are no stray samdwiches available for tossing.
Here hold my gun.
Ripped from their homes, families and jobs in other states to pick up garbage for unknown periods of time...
1.1 million a day for trash pickup. Maybe they can rake the forests next.
Hey National Guard. You want beautification? Remove a big pile of orange crap in White House.
What a waste of soldiers' time
My friend, former Army, always used to talk about how picking up cigarette butts was either a punishment, or a duty given to someone too incompetent to do anything important. This seems like a morale breaker.
Complete disrespect to take those citizen soldiers away from their families and jobs for such trivial, concocted nonsense.
Not one of them signed up for this.
They could be used in far more important ways! Fires for one!
Did they need weapons for this??
Some trash can't be just be removed and suddenly become beautiful beautiful.
Can't they just shoot the litter bugs?
Don't forget all the garbage at 1600 Penn Ave.
So shameful. Anyway, we know the Revenge Regime has no shame!
IF THIS is all they're being used for, someone needs to tell Blackburn, Lee and FAGERTY, that there's LOTS OF TRASH to be cleaned up, RIGHT HERE in Tennessee....starting with the government officials!!...THEN they can work on 'cleaning the streets'!!
Something something Trashional Guard?
Carrying guns also good for picking up trash.
Oh Lord "beautification" projects? Welp I guess the first thing we'll run out of is gaudy gold leaf. 😒🙄🤢
Great warfighting training program. Attach the bayonet to your rifle, use that to pick up garbage (we care about back injuries, but not stabbing yourself or others). For your protection ensure your rifle is loaded with live ammo in case you run across any illegal Taco Bell wrappers.
Well, they need something to do during hurricane season.
Ciggy butts and used condoms, how patriotic.
For only a measley $1 million per day. What a deal!
All part of their secret plan to replace immigrant labor.
Hope they received adequate training!?
They have no actual bravery anymore. They are following illegal orders.
As an aside, this is something we should have had the Climate corps do - get paid, get job experience off the bat, make environment cleaner
It's a shame
No bigger piece of trash in DC than the one in the White House
