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Trump’s Secret Weapon Deserves a World Record
The American Spectator ^ | August 19, 2025, 10:10 PM | Deroy Murdock

Posted on 08/20/2025 1:33:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

His fortitude is the stuff of legend.

Here, revealed at last, is President Donald J. Trump’s secret weapon: The man has cojones the size of the Las Vegas Sphere.

Trump does not pick the easy fights. Too many Republicans are happy to cut a tax or two, sign a few proclamations, and call it a day. Why challenge the Left? They might push back. Political fights? Oooh, messy. No, thanks. Let’s be friends.

This battered-wife approach (“The Left beats me because they love me”) defined such GOP invertebrates as Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, both presidents Bush, and too many governors and state lawmakers to count.

Unlike these weaklings, Trump does not avoid battles. He dominates them with Gatling guns ablaze. Even more so in his second term, Trump is compiling victories as Democrats fail to foil a Republican who is unburdened by general, unfocused fear.

Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police department is just such an initiative. Most Republicans would lack the courage to confront Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser. Only Trump would imagine running the DCPD via his Justice Department.

Trump’s move so floored Bowser that she sounds conciliatory and even hopes that the City Council will ditch D.C.’s sanctuary-city status. This is as close as Democrats get to eating out of Trump’s hand.

“Over 160 illegal aliens have been arrested, including known gang members and those with additional charges: assault, kidnapping, burglary, larceny, commercialized sexual offenses, smuggling illegal drugs like heroin, and more,” a White House official told the Daily Caller on Monday. “Last night 22 multi-agency teams were deployed throughout all 7 districts in D.C. There were more than 1,950 participants in last night’s operations.”

The results already are in.

According to a Monday morning D.C. Police Union X post, “DC crime since the announcement of federal control versus the 7 days...”

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


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1 posted on 08/20/2025 1:33:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Aren’t there 8 wards? lol


2 posted on 08/20/2025 1:37:35 PM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: Unassuaged

7 police districts, nm


3 posted on 08/20/2025 1:38:22 PM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"And when Alexander The Donald saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer"
4 posted on 08/20/2025 1:42:05 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Americans respect bawls.

those that lack bawls we hold in disdain.


5 posted on 08/20/2025 2:10:11 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

After cheating the Grin Reaper by less than a Centimeter everything else is trivial.


6 posted on 08/20/2025 3:55:03 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump’s super power is he gets people to reveal their true selves.


7 posted on 08/21/2025 12:20:40 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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