Posted on 08/21/2025 11:06:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
It’s possible Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to “federalize” law enforcement in Washington, D.C., was just a one-off power grab, reflecting the federal government’s unique control of the capital city and Trump’s own obsession with Washington as a symbol of the American greatness he claims to be restoring. In other words, maybe he took over D.C. because he could.
But the exotic and rather fascistic appearance of National Guard units on the streets of Washington absent a riot or some other historically relevant pretext makes you wonder if the 47th president has something far worse in store. Here are some possibilities that have Trump’s opponents concerned.
Cover for mass deportation
According to the White House’s own numbers, as reported by WUSA9, the immediate priority of the newly federalized law-enforcement presence in D.C. has been going after undocumented immigrants:
In the first week of President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, 383 people were arrested, according to the White House …
Numbers from the White House show immigration arrests are driving the surge. Officers made nearly three times as many arrests for immigration violations as firearm possession. Two arrests were related to homicides.
This is less a matter of federal law enforcement usurping local responsibilities than of the Feds commandeering D.C. police to support ICE.
You could definitely envision this administration pursuing federalization as a strategy for compelling local cooperation with the mass deportation program in blue cities elsewhere, which may be why Trump has already suggested emulating the D.C. example in places like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Oakland.
More generally, the idea may be to use fighting an imaginary crime emergency as cover for controversial mass deportation efforts that are already planned. Once the...
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These people are nuts and only getting nuttier.
… the immediate priority of the newly federalized law-enforcement presence in D.C. has been going after undocumented immigrants …The correct term is “illegal aliens”, Ed. And stop pretending that’s a bad thing.
I would like to see Trump defund NY City from all federal money.
“Worse”? So is the National Guard finally nabbing Schhiff and Cheney?
The correct term is INVADERS.
Did Ed Kilgore fill his diaper when contemplating the existence of Orange Man Bad?
How do you get worse than good?
Wasn't the DC police force opening up branches in other states during the Biden administration? Any concern coming from this Partisan Media Shill POS about that?
I'll bet Kilgore had a different take on January 6th...
“Prelude to something worse”. Like what, arresting those who are paying and organizing the street thugs to protest President Trump for enforcing the law? Communist puke Democrats all spew the same lies and tactics to garner the attention of those too dumb and ignorant to know any better. Attitude adjustment time.
“Trump is Hitler, don’t you know? “
Just keep in mind that Washington runs on precedent and the future president who take that and run hard with it, well you might reevaluate at that point.
Like think about what the next neocon or democrat will do to ignite a war Russia.
That was the Capital Police, which is under Congress and different from the DC force.
> Trump’s D.C. Takeover May Be a Prelude to Something Far Worse <
I just caught a typo there. It should read:
“Trump’s D.C. Takeover May Be a Prelude to Something Far Better”
MSN’s proofreaders are evidently sleeping on the job.
😀
Oh noes!!!
The big problem I’ve seen over the years is that Democrats screw things up so bad when they are in power that the following GOP administration has to correct with draconian laws... which the Democrats gleefully abuse when they get a chance to run the government again. Need I mention FISA?
I guess MSN doesn’t think the crime rate - especially the rate at which Black people, including little kids, are being MURDERED - is ‘historically relevant’.
What idiots.
People as paranoid as Kilgore used to be locked up in rubber rooms so they didn’t hurt themselves.
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