President Donald Trump says 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 to address

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

  • Zink@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    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