If you happen to visit Washington DC anytime soon, you could notice troops and even armoured vehicles on the streets.

No, America is not at war, President Donald Trump has deployed hundreds of members of the National Guard to crack down on crime.

Today, Geoff Kabaservice from the centre-right think tank the Niskanen Center in Washington on whether DC is actually dangerous and what Trump hopes to achieve. 

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Geoff Kabaservice, vice president for political studies at the Niskanen Center in Washington, DC