India, Nov. 27 -- President Donald Trump's National Guard deployment and other policies were slammed on social media and elsewhere, after two troops were shot near the White House on Wednesday. Civil rights leader and TV personality Al Sharpton appeared to demand answers from the administration, alleging that the president put the National Guard on the streets.

Authorities revealed that at around 2:15 PM ET, DC National Guard troops were performing 'high visibility patrols' when the suspect shot at them. Executive Assistant Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department Jeffrey Carroll, at a press conference, said that after 'some back and forth', the guardsmen were 'able to subdue the individual and bring them into custody'.

The suspect t...