Trump’s second term began on January 20, 2025 and is scheduled to run through January 20, 2029, so “the end of his current term” is still over three years away as of November 30, 2025.(en.wikipedia.org)

Following his August 11, 2025 executive order declaring a “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., Trump federalized control of D.C. policing under the Home Rule Act and deployed more than 2,000 National Guard troops and federal law‑enforcement personnel in the city.(en.wikipedia.org) These deployments immediately drew legal challenges from D.C. officials.

On November 20, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. is unlawful, granting a preliminary injunction ordering the administration to end the deployment and barring similar deployments without the mayor’s consent. The order is stayed for 21 days to allow appeal, and the administration has announced it will appeal.(oag.dc.gov) As of late November, Guard troops remain in D.C. and additional forces have even been requested after a fatal attack, while the injunction has not yet taken effect and higher courts have not ruled.(time.com)

Because (1) Trump’s term has only just begun and runs until 2029, and (2) the key D.C. case is at the preliminary-injunction stage with appeals pending, it is too early to know whether federal court challenges will ultimately invalidate the D.C. interventions or whether they will remain legally permitted “through at least the end of his current term.” Early signs from the district court cut against Sacks’s view, but the final legal outcome and long‑run permissibility are not yet determined. Therefore the prediction is best scored as inconclusive (too early to tell).