“We will work alongside all DC #police & federal law enforcement,” Hegseth said.
#PeteHegseth said the #DC #NationalGuard will be “flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week.”
He also said the #Pentagon was “prepared to bring in other National Guard units, other specialized units.”
#Trump #law #MilitaryState #military #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
#Trump says he signed documents to give himself #authority to crack down on crime in #Washington
Trump said he signed an #ExecutiveOrder & #PresidentialMemorandum in the Oval Office before holding his news conference.
One executive order invoked presidential powers under the #HomeRule Act to take over Washington’s #police force.
He also signed what the admin called statutorily required notification letters to #DC Mayor Bowser & relevant #congress leaders.
#law #MilitaryState #military
#Trump also signed a presidential memorandum directing #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth to deploy the #NationalGuard in the nation’s capital.
Trump said he hopes other cities, including #LosAngeles, #NewYork & #Chicago, are watching the steps he’s announced in #DC & would take steps to “self-clean up.”
He said that if needed, the admin would take similar steps in other cities & criticized their leadership at the local & #state levels.
#law #MilitaryState #autocracy #Gestapo
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/restoring-law-and-order-in-the-district-of-columbia/
As #Trump continues to paint a hellish portrait of #DC, it’s worth remembering that he actually does not get out of the White House & into the city much. In his first term, Trump spent a lot of time at the Trump International Hotel in the city, but with that hotel now closed, Trump usually stays in the White House. If he ever ventures out it is in an armored vehicle “the beast” with an escort.
#disinformation #TrumpLies #law #MilitaryState #NationalGuard #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
Charles Allen, a member of the #WashingtonDC Council who represents Capitol Hill, said that Trump’s declaration of a #PublicSafety #emergency was not grounded in #reality, given that violent #crime in the city was at a 30-year low. “He’s doing this because he can,” Allen said.
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Allen said that #DC leaders had “tons of questions” right now, including whether the current police chief, Pamela Smith, was in fact still the #police chief. “We literally don’t know the answer right now,” Allen said, adding that as of last night the district’s police command staff “did not have any indication that this is the step they were going to take.”
#Trump #disinformation #TrumpLies #law #MilitaryState #NationalGuard #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
#Trump says his admin has begun to remove #homeless people from encampments in parks in #Washington. He has not outlined WHERE he plans on moving those people.
In fact, during this news conference, Trump has said more about the ballroom he wants to build in the White House than about how homeless people will be supported if they are moved out of #WashingtonDC.
#law #MilitaryState #military #NationalGuard #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
Several hundred people gathered downtown in front of Lafayette Square, blocks from the White House, to #protest #Trump’s #takeover of the #WashingtonDC #police force.
“We will not stand here & allow #authoritarianism in Washington, DC,” said Nee Nee Taylor, a co-founder of #FreeDC, which organized the rally & was formed to defend the District’s #HomeRule. “We are going to be here & we’re not backing down.”
#law #MilitaryState #military #NationalGuard #FBI #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
Keya Chatterjee, another of the group’s founders, announced the news of #Trump’s plans to the crowd, telling them about his intention to take #control of the city’s #police force & deploy the #NationalGuard.
The crowd booed loudly.
Chatterjee then announced one immediate plan: For every single day #DC is “under occupation,” she asked every DC resident to step out on their porch & make noise every night, at 8PM ET.
“We will not be cowed in the face of this bully,” she said. “We will organize.”
In a statement, Brian Schwalb, the elected attorney general of the District of Columbia, called the administration’s actions to take control of the city “unprecedented, unnecessary and unlawful.” He added, “We are considering all of our options and will do what’s necessary to protect the rights and safety of District residents.”
#WashingtonDC #Washington #DC
#Trump #law #MilitaryState #military #NationalGuard #FBI #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
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