President Donald Trump thanked police and troops at a Park Police Facility in Washington, D.C. as his Administration continues its effort to crack down on crime and exert control over the nation’s capital.

With more National Guard troops expected to be deployed in Washington as part of President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement crackdown, parts of the city have started to look like occupied territory.

Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington's National Mall,