Posted on 08/11/2025 4:01:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump said his administration is going to look at deploying the U.S. military to other American cities, including Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, at a press conference where he announced that he was taking federal control of the police department in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there to crack down on crime.
Speaking from the White House briefing room in an extended and rambling press conference while flanked by members of his Cabinet, Trump declared the move “Liberation Day in D.C.” and said he was seeking to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse.”
Trump then revealed he is considering a similar move in other cities, including New York, which has in recent years seen violent crime reach lows not seeing in decades.
“Then I’m going to look at New York, in a little while,” Trump said. “Let’s do this. Let’s do this together.”
Trump went on to note his administration is also considering sending the military into Chicago, and mocked the Democratic governor of Illinois (and billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotels fortune) J.B. Pritzker.
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Just those cities?
So many other places warrant it.
And I am not a libertarian when it comes to this stuff. If metal et al. detectors and bag checks can be in schools, sporting events, and stadium concerts — they should be in theaters, stores, museums, malls etc…And visibly armed law or military enforcement in subways, airports, downtowns and main streets, etc…totally warranted. Yeah call it police state all you want.
What about Atlanta?
I’m inclined to believe that is the goal of the left why they don’t punish criminals, a police state.
I don’t want a police state; that means I’m in jail all the time.
I want criminals in exile; it can be prison, or Gitmo, or Devil’s Island, or executed and sent to hell, but put THEM away from society, not make society imprison itself from the criminals.
And if some massive percentage of the criminals happen to be black, that doesn’t mean that blacks are criminals; it simply means we are judging people, not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Well something needs to be done.
LA has gone Gotham, next stop Mad Max.
Police aren’t the problem. DAs and judges are the problem.
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It is so pathetic to watch the Democrats / liberals protest everything Trump says and does. It’s so bad that if Trump told people not to jump off the Empire State building there’d be a line at the base of that building for people go up and jump off. What a bunch of dumbasses.
“I’m inclined to believe that is the goal of the left why they don’t punish criminals, a police state.”
Absolutely, they are setting up the problem that needs a cure. And they are going to pin a total Military Police State on Trump. And he is falling for it lock, stock, and barrel... He will have it all set up for them and in place when it is their turn...
If this works in DC (and there’s no reason it shouldn’t short of direct Dem and leftist rebellion) then why not?
IIRC, New York City has had National Guard in the subways for months — so to have President Trump deploy the Guard again would be redundant.
“”What a bunch of dumbasses.””
Useful idiots usually are.
The Bee nailed it: “Law enforcement will disadvantage criminals”.
Cincinnati? Baltimore?
Horrible homicides occur every weekend in Chicago. This is definitely a public health emergency.
(PRESIDENT Trump Floats Deploying National Guard to New York, Chicago, and LA After DC Crack Down)
Those cities need it. Thanks to George Soros District Attorneys.
(It’s so bad that if Trump told people not to jump off the Empire State building there’d be a line at the base of that building for people go up and jump off.)
The sad part is that is actually true.
(and rambling press conference)
Thanks, LEFTIST Mediaite
No political bias there at all....
I would welcome the Guard in L.A. full time. A normal person doesn’t dare to go out or travel in many areas after dark.
I can’t imagine how they’re going to hold the Olympics here.
Right out of the communist playbook, use violent crime to break down society. Make the public lose faith in the government so the RAT control freaks can promise "safety" and then impose authoritarianism.
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