US president Donald Trump’s much-hyped national guard deployments did nothing to lower crime rates. Canary readers will recall how Trump filled the streets of US cities with troops at the start of his second term. A major centre-left US thinktank has now debunked any claims that the military presence lowered crime. And what’s more, the whole project has ripped off taxpayers to the tune of billions. The Center for American Progress (CAP) warned in a new report: The second Trump administration is trying to take credit for the historic drop in violent crime across America despite the fact that this trend…