WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he’s placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation’s capital safer.

Trump has promised new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city’s mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the streets.

Ahead of a news conference, Trump said Monday on social media that the nation’s capital would be “LIBERATED today!” He said he would end the “days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people.”

Violent crime in Washington D.C. is actually at a 30 year low.

Edit to add archive link: https://archive.ph/2C0cN

  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Makes sense to get ahead of the upcoming issues. Can’t have the local population getting all uppity when he starts his third term.

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    Washington DC is sliding further into fascism all because a kid named “Big Balls”, who was put in a leadership position of dismantling the federal government, got beat up by a bunch of 15 year olds. this is truly the dumbest timeline.

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      Probably hired by El TACO to do the job so he would have an EXCUSE to go all martial law.

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      further? newsflash, it’s already there as is the rest of the country. how can you slide further into something when you’re already up to your chin in fascist shit?

      This is the EXACT problem with Americans. It’s always “it’s happening” or “soon” or “we’re heading there” when the boat is already underwater.

      What more is it going to take for US Citizens to finally accept that they’re a fascist nation? what more does the Nazi in charge have to do for Americans to start rioting and resisting?

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        Of course we’re already deep into the well of fascism. My comment wasn’t meant to trivialize that - I thought it was obvious. It was only meant to highlight that things continue to get even worse.

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        So fucking sick of non-Americans thinking they know everything about Americans. Go start widespread violence in your own country. Pompous.

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        This is the EXACT problem with Americans. It’s always “it’s happening” or “soon” or “we’re heading there” when the boat is already underwater.

        Judging by my own little corner of the country, the normal operating state of conservative white americans is to be paranoid and complain about how the world is conspiring against them. Nothing ever happens of course, but they don’t realize that because there is ALWAYS something they could complain about.

        source: my whole extended family, lol

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    Another dumb US headline … these aren’t Trump headlines … these are American headlines

    This is just another example of how stupid, ignorant and complacent the American public is. What the fuck is the world coming to? Fascism is growing in the US, Israel is committing genocide and the world is just sitting on their hands and won’t do anything until WWIII breaks out … and by then, it will be too late to act any way.

    Democracy won’t end because the fascists broke down the door … it will end because the door was always wide open and people just stood by and let them all in and take control.

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    Vance waiting in the wings with Thiel puppeting. They’ll use Trump’s favorability (even though it’s waning) to do the heavy lifting for fascism and then swoop in when he keels over from whatever.

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    He said he would end the “days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people.”

    Isn’t Congress already on vacation? Is he going to order the Supreme Court to put rulings on hold for a while too?

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      Isn’t Congress already on vacation?

      isn’t that because even repugnican reps were gonna vote to release the Kraken Epstein files?

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    This kiddie diddler needs to go. To paraphrase Individual 1 himself: “NATO, if you’re listening…”

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    So, obviously crime on the streets of DC isn’t the real reason to target that place. So what is? What especially heinous thing is he about to do, for which he requires extra security?

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      Round up the homeless people and put them in the camps.

      Trump and co self report their next move about a week in advance. He let slip that little nugget when he was talking about big balls

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          There is no secret plan. These people are incompetent, they project every move, and if they don’t it leaks

          Also, I don’t think you understand how bad rounding up the homeless is. These are largely people with mental issues or in extreme poverty. They’re going to be put in cages and tortured. They probably aren’t going to kill them directly, but they’ll put them in conditions where they’ll die

          This is what the Nazis did to kick off the Holocaust, just stupider

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            “Infirm and lame” first, then the unions, then the socialists and communists, then the dissenters, then the “vermin”.

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      So what is?

      Epstein files, probably. The same reason why he is suddenly so active internationally with his “peace initiatives”

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      Racism. Most homeless are non-white, aren’t they? I think this coming from the part of Trump’s brain that is controlled by Stephen Miller. The D.C. mayor was on a talk show on Sunday bitching about Miller claiming that D.C. is more violent than Baghdad.