President Donald Trump is considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., according to a report. An NBC4 report on Sunday night revealed that the deployment, which Trump teased earlier this week amid his promised crackdown on “violent crime” in Washington,

Trump said he will give homeless people places to stay, "but far from the capital." The White House declined to explain what legal authority Trump would use to evict people from the District.

The number of Guard who would be assigned is still in flux, the officials say, and most of the troops would likely be pulled from the D.C. National Guard.