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Trump’s Show of Force Begins to Take Shape
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Trump’s Show of Force Takes Shape With Guard Troops Poised to Deploy
National Guard troops were poised to deploy in Washington on Tuesday evening as President Trump’s plan to use the federal government to crack down on crime in the city began to take shape. Mr. Trump on Monday described the nation’s capital in apocalyptic terms as a crime-infested wasteland — a description that ignores the extent to which crime has been falling in the city over the last two years. But it remains unclear whether the eventual show …
Trump’s Show of Force Begins to Take Shape
“National Guard troops began to deploy in Washington on Tuesday evening as President Trump’s plan to use the federal government to crack down on crime in the city started taking shape,” the New York Times reports. “About a dozen members of the National Guard appeared in five military vehicles near the Washington Monument as the sun set, a stark juxtaposition to a peaceful evening scene of people jogging by with headphones and walking their dogs.…
National Guard troops have already appeared on the streets of Washington, D.C., after US President Donald Trump announced that he would “take back” the capital, invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Local Government Act, which places Washington’s police force under direct federal control. Trump said he was deploying the National Guard to help “restore law and order,” and wrote on his social media page: “Washington will be liberated” a…
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