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lilORANG
08/11/25 9:17:01 AM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/trump-national-guard-washington-dc.html?smid=url-share

The U.S. military is preparing to activate National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., as part of President Trumps crackdown on street crime in the city, a Defense Department official said on Monday.
Mr. Trump had not approved any official deployment orders as of early Monday. But he is expected to announce at a news conference at the White House that up to several hundred District of Columbia National Guardsmen will be sent to support law enforcement officers in the capital, the Defense Department official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. No other details were available early Monday.
In a Truth Social post Monday morning, Mr. Trump said: I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! Though crime rates in Washington, D.C., have been falling, Mr. Trump has claimed that they are totally out of control and has threatened a federal takeover.
The National Guard troops, whose possible activation was previously reported by Reuters, would probably not have arrest authorities. Instead, they would support law enforcement officials or free them up to carry out patrol duties, the Defense Department official said.

dude must be expecting serious protests and wants to get out ahead of it

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Dakimakura
08/11/25 9:18:36 AM
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He is going to publicly burn the Epsteinnlist

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Ivynn
08/11/25 9:25:15 AM
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Isn't crime in DC at a 30 year low?

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cousinvini
08/11/25 9:25:58 AM
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Berlin in the 40s

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SaikyoStyle
08/11/25 9:28:31 AM
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This will go worse than when they tried it in LA.

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Takuya_Lee
08/11/25 9:31:33 AM
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Ivynn posted...
Isn't crime in DC at a 30 year low?

Yeah. Also if it's anything like how the deployment in California was, the National Guard will just sandbag it and not do much if anything by choice

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Ivynn
08/11/25 9:37:15 AM
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Takuya_Lee posted...
Yeah. Also if it's anything like how the deployment in California was, the National Guard will just sandbag it and not do much if anything by choice

So basically this is just a show, but for who? Does wielding the military like this just make him feel like a big man or something? jeez.

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Unknown5uspect
08/11/25 9:42:23 AM
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Ivynn posted...
So basically this is just a show, but for who? Does wielding the military like this just make him feel like a big man or something? jeez.
"That's our Trump taking down crime and liberating the lawless demonrat cities"

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Sayoria
08/11/25 9:43:40 AM
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Ivynn posted...
Isn't crime in DC at a 30 year low?

In the failed state the Republicans have been building for decades, that's the problem.

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Takuya_Lee
08/11/25 9:45:41 AM
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Ivynn posted...
So basically this is just a show, but for who? Does wielding the military like this just make him feel like a big man or something? jeez.

I don't think it's a show per se. I think Trump expects them to do something and the national guard is saying "yeah, no."

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HighSeraph
08/11/25 9:47:00 AM
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Ivynn posted...
Isn't crime in DC at a 30 year low?
We live in a post-truth world. Things like facts don't matter anymore.

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UnsteadyOwl
08/11/25 9:50:38 AM
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He's also saying he's going to move all the homeless people out of DC but he won't say to where.

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MisterPengy
08/11/25 9:51:53 AM
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Ivynn posted...
Isn't crime in DC at a 30 year low?

Well, unless you account for a specific individual.

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monkmith
08/11/25 9:52:04 AM
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nothing says democracy like military dictatorship!

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Vyrulisse
08/11/25 9:53:53 AM
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Ivynn posted...
So basically this is just a show, but for who? Does wielding the military like this just make him feel like a big man or something? jeez.
Literally yes.

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tankboy
08/11/25 9:54:04 AM
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There's already 20+ law enforcement agencies in DC...
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darkace77450
08/11/25 9:56:39 AM
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Ivynn posted...
So basically this is just a show, but for who? Does wielding the military like this just make him feel like a big man or something? jeez.

This is the man who ordered the National Guard to assault peaceful protestors and members of the media in his first term. It absolutely makes him feel like a big man to hurt people he doesn't like. The cruelty is built into his DNA.
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Sariana21
08/11/25 9:58:06 AM
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Is he afraid a group of tourists might show up?

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monkmith
08/11/25 9:59:25 AM
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Sariana21 posted...
Is he afraid a group of tourists might show up?
he shouldn't be. tourism is dying because of his bullshit with ice.

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Sariana21
08/11/25 10:03:12 AM
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monkmith posted...
he shouldn't be. tourism is dying because of his bullshit with ice.
Not what I meant

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Irrelevant
08/11/25 10:04:20 AM
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Huh that's weird he couldn't call the national guard on Jan 6 but now he can?

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HighSeraph
08/11/25 10:06:38 AM
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Irrelevant posted...
Huh that's weird he couldn't call the national guard on Jan 6 but now he can?
Well yeah, historical revisionism has occurred and Jan 6th was just a day of peaceful protests and the totally real attack on some right wing stooge is an indication of mass chaos.

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monkmith
08/11/25 10:12:44 AM
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Irrelevant posted...
Huh that's weird he couldn't call the national guard on Jan 6 but now he can?
we're not allowed to say bad things about jan 6th here. remember.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f51f0a2e.jpg
this was a peaceful protest.

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divot1338
08/11/25 10:19:20 AM
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So one thing to note is that they are only going to secure federal buldings.

So even though crime in DC has been decreasing and this isnt necessary, it wont affect crime at all.

Trump will of coursse take the opportunity to talk shit about a black mayor of a Democratic leaning city.

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darkace77450
08/11/25 10:22:43 AM
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Irrelevant posted...
Huh that's weird he couldn't call the national guard on Jan 6 but now he can?

Well yeah, Nancy Pelosi isn't the Speaker of the House and is thus unable to overrule the Commander-in-Chief's orders to the National Guard.

Disclaimer: The DC National Guard answers solely to the President of the United States. Anyone blaming Nancy Pelosi for the Guard's delayed response to the January 6 insurrectionists is either a liar or a moron.
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Hexenherz
08/11/25 10:30:45 AM
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monkmith posted...
we're not allowed to say bad things about jan 6th here. remember.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f51f0a2e.jpg
this was a peaceful protest.
Is that Frank Reynolds

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monkmith
08/11/25 10:44:39 AM
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Hexenherz posted...
Is that Frank Reynolds
i've no idea, but while most people would look at the getup and see rapist/murderer you need to keep in mind that its a concerned citizen looking to peacefully converse with his congressman. the zip ties and gun will facilitate that i guess.

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2001mark
08/11/25 10:50:43 AM
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Ovechkin will welcome him.
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Heineken14
08/11/25 10:58:37 AM
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Several? He pardoned them all. Hundreds. Pretty sure more than a thousand.

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Kalk
08/11/25 11:09:06 AM
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Is this Trump's trial run before turning the entire US into a police state? Using the military against American civilians?

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lilORANG
08/11/25 11:11:06 AM
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Trump claims he now has control over DC police force

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-11-2025?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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Takuya_Lee
08/11/25 11:11:34 AM
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lilORANG posted...
Trump claims he now has control over DC police force

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-11-2025?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

So they're collectively flipping him off in reality. Got it.

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Sir_Will
08/11/25 11:11:47 AM
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Ivynn posted...
Does wielding the military like this just make him feel like a big man or something? jeez.
He had them do a parade for his birthday.

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ssjevot
08/11/25 11:14:42 AM
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Remember when you got called a doomer for suggesting Trump could even win and then it shifted to you got called a doomer for saying he would do things he promised to do? What gets you called a doomer now?

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LightSnake
08/11/25 11:16:13 AM
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Time for mass protest.

this is the assembly of troops to intimidate a civilian population with a mugging as a paper thin pretext. Give absolutely no inches on this.

the morale for this should be wretched even the guard. We need people in the streets. Peacefully, of course, but this is the moment to take a stand in DC

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havean776
08/11/25 11:16:37 AM
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Someone* will stop him!

*someone has yet to appear.

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burns112233
08/11/25 11:16:46 AM
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But Obama is the antichrist...

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LightSnake
08/11/25 11:20:13 AM
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havean776 posted...
Someone* will stop him!

*someone has yet to appear.

nobody is saving us. We can only save ourselves

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creativerealms
08/11/25 11:22:16 AM
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Ivynn posted...
Isn't crime in DC at a 30 year low?
They don't care. It's about taking over

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legendary_zell
08/11/25 11:22:16 AM
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If this goes unchallenged, it'll be due to the lack of organization among ordinary people in our society. There should be immediate strikes and mass protests in response to this, but I'm not optimistic because we don't have strike funds and legal resources.

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Board_hunter567
08/11/25 11:23:10 AM
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More and more Republicans are being conditioned to accept and want fully armed soldiers around every corner in the name of protection against terrorists (Democrats and minorities).
The next step is going to be checkpoints stationed around state and county borders.

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jefffan
08/11/25 11:24:02 AM
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This is why black people have largely been absent from the protest. All they needed was one spark to start this takeover bullshit.

And if what my wife says about this even is true, that DOGE PoS definitely did this on purpose.


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monkmith
08/11/25 11:24:33 AM
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LightSnake posted...
Time for mass protest.

this is the assembly of troops to intimidate a civilian population with a mugging as a paper thin pretext. Give absolutely no inches on this.

the morale for this should be wretched even the guard. We need people in the streets. Peacefully, of course, but this is the moment to take a stand in DC
i'll watch from a safe distance. protesting against guys who train to shoot people in the chest sounds like a quick way to get shot in the chest.

what comes after will decide how this turns out.

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thronedfire2
08/11/25 11:25:16 AM
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Ivynn posted...
Isn't crime in DC at a 30 year low?

yup

the plan is to round up any homeless people and put them in camps

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Starks
08/11/25 11:27:17 AM
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Republicans only allow self-governance as long as you do it their way.

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