Trump says he’s placing Washington police under federal control and activating the National Guard

Schwartzreport · one year ago · 98 views

JOSH BOAK and DAVID KLEPPER,  Reporters  -  Associated PressStephan: It started in Los Angeles, and now it is happening in Washington, D.C. Trump, who takes Hitler as his model, is using activated National Guard in combination with federal law enforcement agencies to dominate and overpower civilian authority. He starts by holding a press conference and telling a string of lies to justify what he is doing, and relies on the Fox propaganda network and other MAGAT social media to create the misinformation that deludes his MAGAT base of largely low-education, low-income White people into believing it is all appropriate and for their benefit. It is, in fact, unconstitutional and just what all fascist aspiring dictators do. Look at Hungary or Azerbaijan Fascist aspiring dictator Donald Trump says he’s placing Washington, D.C., police under federal control and is deploying the National Guard. The Democratic mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, has noted that violent crime in Washington has decreased since a rise in 2023. WASHINGTON, D.C.— President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling in the nation’s capital. The president, flanked by his attorney general, his defense secretary and the FBI director, said he was declaring a public safety emergency and his administration would be removing homeless encampments. “We’re going to take our capital back,” Trump declared, adding he’d also be “getting rid of the slums.” For Trump, the effort to take over public safety in Washington reflects an escalation of his aggressive approach to law enforcement. The District of Columbia’s status as a congressionally established federal district gives him a unique opportunity to push his tough-on-crime agenda, though he has not proposed solutions to the [...]