The National Guard troops told him to maintain the presence near the National Mall as part of the mission against Trump’s crime

The National Guard troops requested active service by President Donald Trump reached the steps of the Washington monument on Tuesday as part of their plan to address what insists on the crime “out of control” in the capital of the nation.

Colonel Dave Butler, an army spokesman, said the troops were summoned to help the Local Police with logistics support, transport and administration tasks, in addition to being visible throughout the National Shopping Center.

“That is part of our task: go to national monuments and be present,” he told ABC News.

The deployment of troops on American soil is legal to some extent, and the president has the power to dispute the members of the service in times of extraordinary crisis. But their duties are also limited to protecting federal staff and federal property unless the president declares an insurrection, which he has not done.

It was not clear immediately why the presence of American troops throughout the National Shopping Center was needed, apart from exhibiting Trump’s orders. The area, marked by museums, monuments and long sections of grass, is known as a relatively safe part of the city that mainly attracts tourists and school groups.

The troops are expected to have access to weapons, but they do not take them, Butler said.

Trump has criticized what he calls unbridled crime on Monday, he called a press conference to announce that he would take over the Washington Police Department, DC, and activated DC National Guard troops.

The authorities said that 100 guard troops reported at the service on Tuesday with more anticipated throughout the week.

“Something is out of control,” Trump said Monday about DC Crime. “But we are going to put it into control very quickly, as we did on the southern border. I am announcing a historical action to rescue the capital of our nation from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and mass and worse. This is a day of release in DC, and we will recover our capital.”

Trump’s control over DC’s police force expires in 30 days, after which Congress would have to intervene.

Earlier on Tuesday, an army spokesman said that the Guardian troops had not received a mission even more than supporting the police. The expectation was that the service would need the rest of the week to account for the 800 troops and mobilize them before deploying them next week.

Like all the members of the service that serve in the US, the guard will fall under the permanent rules for the use of force, similar to what was used during the deployment of members of the Federalized Guard to Los Angeles after protests against immigration raids.

According to these rules, military personnel have the right of defense of protecting themselves and the others, but uses decallation techniques to minimize the use of force to achieve their mission.

Appearing in Fox News on Monday, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, said that activated guard troops will have “wide latitude” under the existing authorities, but “they will not participate in the functions of application of the law.”

Earlier this year, Trump activated other guard personnel in Los Angeles to protect immigration agents who perform raids and arrests. In other parts of the country, guard staff has activated to help the application of the law with administrative work.