End the Zen! Politico Senior Editor Irked by DC Mayor NOT Trashing Trump Enough

Newsbusters ^ | August 14, 2025 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Politico senior editor Michael Schaffer seems quite irked over Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser not publicly lambasting President Donald Trump after he ordered the federal takeover of the district's police department to combat the city's crime problem.

Schaffer oddly suggests something is wrong with Bowser for not acting more confrontational. You can get a hint of that attitude from the title of his Wednesday article, "Donald Trump Took Over DC’s Police. Why Is the City’s Mayor So Zen?"

Cooperation, in the mind of Schaffer, appears to be something that should be replaced by confrontation. Never mind that the goal should be to make the capital city safer for people. This was his opening sentence: "Muriel Bowser has given Donald Trump everything a blue-city mayor could possibly give a MAGA president. And he kicked her in the teeth anyway."

[PJ-Comix]

Note that Politico is situated across the Potomac in Arlington, VA. Easy to slam the crackdown on crime from there but one wonders what this editor's attitude would have been if he had to work in a crime ridden section of DC.

[ComputerGuy]

Schaffer is one of those Irishmen who can’t be pleased with anything.

[Macoozie]

“What’s a chain of command?”

[frank ballenger]

She considered throwing her body down in front of the incoming military vehicles but thought better of it.

[frank ballenger]

Updated Zen koan.

Before enlightenment, trash talk Trump.

After enlightenment, trash talk Trump.

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(The core message is that enlightenment is not a destination that changes one’s external reality, but rather an internal transformation that changes how one experiences and engages with that reality.)
Original:
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.

[econjack]

Financially, which is more important to DC: Michael Schaffer or the federal gov’t?

[paudio]

Crime situation is important for 90% of DC residents, with half said extremely important. With such statistics, why would the mayor openly go against somebody who wants to help solving the issue?

[dforest]

She seems to be subdued. I see that as her being somewhat okay with some help and it makes her look better if the crime cleaned up and the area improved.

I thought she acts almost sane. Unlike most RATs.

t
That will probably change because now she will be forced to act TDS kooky.