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

  • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 days ago

    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?

    • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
      4·
      5 days ago

      Isn’t Congress already on vacation?

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