Around two dozen soldiers stood guard outside Washington, Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. They had little to do.

National Guard troops scaled up their presence in D.C. Thursday, with several stationed around the National Mall, at Union Station, on the subway, and other places.

National Guard troops set up outside D.C.'s Union Station as their presence ramps up in the nation's capital as part of the Trump admin's efforts to tamp down on crime. (Alec Schemmel/Fox News Digital