The move suggests Donald Trump is doubling down on his claimed crime emergency in the nation’s capital after the election.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the National Guard to begin using boats, several dozen marked police cars, humvees and light medium tactical vehicles in the nation’s capital — an escalation of the troops’ presence that could further blur the line between their military and law enforcement role.
It’s not clear why the Trump administration is making the move now. The Oct. 29 memo obtained by POLITICO detailing the expansion doesn’t provide any further details beyond doubling down on Trump’s plan to use the National Guard to crack down on what he’s called a “crime emergency”in the nation’s capital.
The beefed-up presence, which will be in place through the end of the year, would see members of the National Guard driving vehicles typically used by U.S. troops on battlefields like Iraq and Afghanistan on city streets to support law enforcement officers making drug busts, though they are not allowed to pursue suspects or make arrests.
My conspiracy theory on this is that a major escalation is coming with the Iran war. So major that they feel the need to beef up military defense capabilities in both maralago and DC.
It seems pretty clear to me that Trump feels one of the ultimate flexes of his power would be a nuclear strike, so it will probably be that.
My heart weeps for the Iranians, the Palestinians, all all the Arab peoples shackled under the weight of imperial conquest. As well, for the rest of us, because this Pandora’s box would change everything, forever.
They just put Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff. They are gonna try to do another fash.
Miller: The Senate will no longer be of any concern to you. Trump has dissolved the council permanently. Fear will keep the local systems in line.
And what of the Rebellion?
“I can work with the Democrats”
Fills the streets with troops and arms.
Just to put this into perspective, 1 of every 70 people in DC were armed agents of state violence, before this latest “enhancement”.
I just saw trump yesterday on TV saying he cleaned up D.C. That ppl would go see the monuments and their families would get calls they’d be killed. That all crime is almost not existent since he got there.
Same. I thought women were thanking him that they could “finally walk the streets again” or some horse shit like that
“Free country”
What even the fuck?
I so want this piece of shit to rot in prison.
Someone shoot stephen miller before its too late…
This is just their test run. I’ve never been fooled that whoever is actually pulling the strings thinks trump could ever be “their guy”. I’m sure their surprised by how far things got, but this is just a battle, the war still goes on.
That’s my conspiracy.
