Trump will deploy 800 National Guard troops to Washington D.C.
Extraordinary Move
Reuters reports Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city’s police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation’s capital.
Trump’s move, which bypassed the city’s elected leaders, was emblematic of his second-term approach, which has seen him wield executive authority in ways with little precedent in modern U.S. history and in defiance of political norms.
The president cast his actions as necessary to “rescue” Washington from a purported wave of lawlessness. Statistics show that violent crime shot up in 2023 but has been rapidly declining since.
“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals,” Trump told a news conference at the White House.
It is the second time this summer that the Republican president has deployed troops to a Democratically governed city. Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June over the objections of state and local officials.
And Trump signaled that other major U.S. cities with Democratic leadership could be next, including Chicago, a city that has long been beset by violent crime, although it was down significantly in the first half of the year.
“If we need to, we’re going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster,” Trump said at the White House, adding, “Hopefully L.A. is watching.”
No Regard for Rule of Law
This is incredible.
Trump has absolutely no legal right to take over the police of a city like Chicago. Maybe D.C., which is a federal enclave, if Congress repeals the home rule law.
And certainly, the President can use force to enforce a specific federal court order on an issue of federal law.
But a complete takeover of police function in Chicago, a city in a sovereign state of the union? A state which is not in rebellion against the union of any form?
This guy simply has no regard at all for the rule of law.
The Cult cheers.
Inaction in 2021
On January 6, 2021, there was a genuine emergency. However, Trump sat on his sorry ass.
Politico reports …
Trump said he’s taking control of the D.C. police. Can he do that?
Yes, with limits. The Home Rule Act gives him the power to use the D.C. police force for “federal purposes” if he determines that there are “special conditions of an emergency nature.”He can use the D.C. police for up to 48 hours, or for up to 30 days if he sends a special message to the leaders of certain congressional committees.
To use the D.C. police for longer than 30 days, he would need authorization from Congress.
Jan 6, 2021 Inaction
Trump faced scrutiny for his inaction on Jan. 6, 2021 — as a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol — when it came to ensuring the National Guard was racing to assist besieged lawmakers. Though Trump aides said he previously authorized them to deploy the National Guard as necessary, witnesses said Trump made no efforts to contact his military leadership during the chaos, even as his then-vice president, Mike Pence, was urgently making calls to ensure a federal response.
Trump on Monday also encouraged D.C. law enforcement officers to hit back “hard” if instigators spit at them and get in their faces. But Trump also pardoned hundreds of people who attacked and injured those very same officers on Jan. 6, sometimes with weapons, and suggested his supporters’ actions were “minor.”
There is no emergency in D.C. However, I suspect it is unlikely the courts will stop this nonsense.
If Trump tries to send troops to Chicago, there would likely be an immediate injunction.
Trump Orders the Homeless to Leave D.C. Immediately, Promises Other Places
Yesterday, I noted Trump Orders the Homeless to Leave D.C. Immediately, Promises Other Places
The Executive Order Is In
Thou Shalt Be Homeless Elsewhere!
Is this a great plan or what?
It ensures Trump will not see homelessness in or around D.C.
How it’s going in DC:
https://newrepublic.com/post/199031/trump-takeover-washington-dc-hilariously-ineffective
When the government becomes afraid of the people they bring the Pretorian guard in to protect the Emperor. This is one of the final moves in this chess game of totalitarianism.
I assure you Trump has the legal right. Furthermore, the current of state of disrepair in DC boggles the mind, compared to many cities around the world. When foreign embassy and consulate staff start getting harassed and harmed, all bets are off.
Stick to economics, Mish. Law is not your thing.
Throw your TDS Type II in the garbage.
Trump has no right to send troops to Chicago.
But you won’t. You are in the Cult.
You really need to stop these personal attacks Mish. They detract from your message and you ultimately have no idea whether someone supports Trump or how that affects the facts. It is actually you who seems prejudiced about Trump.
We’ve had 5 years of trump. It’s way past time to pre-judge him. Mish even voted for him the first time.
Trump earned his reputation as a child molesting moron, and his supporters earned theirs.
Stupid and evil is just stupid and evil.
DC is fine, I assure you the problem is that you’re what they call a pussy
Everywhere has crime. You just notice it more in cities
Trump is practicing for the bog take over in mid terms.
Shoring up power.
This will continue until your average republicans are fed up enough to vote democrat at county state and federal levels.
The longer it goes the uglier it will be.
I think it goes more like this … the more you decriminalize violent crime and tell victims of violent crime that they don’t exist, you are more likely to get support for things like what the president is doing.
Are you talking about Trump telling the DC police that their fright and wounds weren’t real from the videotaped beatings by the J6 protesters?
Because that’s old news, my friend
why do I have the feeling you’re still your covid mask …
Just calling out the overt hubris when I see it displayed so prominently in black and white on a computer screen
if you took your tds glasses off, you’d see the world is full of color … but alas … i can see you in your covid mask and glasses as i type this …
800 is insufficient.
We’re talking about Chicago after all.
You would want the National Guard walking around too if you have ever been to DC
The only one that does not think that has never been there.
I spent a week there, biking around the area. Felt safer than most cities, and despite being a typical unimpressive eastern city, it was pretty clean. Didn’t see nearly as many homeless as in places like Baltimore or Seattle.
You sound like a frightened manlet.
Crime isn’t the issue. A fascist administration using the military on it’s citizens is the issue. This is all straight out of hitler’s playbook:
The epstien list is being used to distract us from this:
https://www.project2025.observer/en
I’ve lived in DC off and on since 1989. Much safer than it used to be and even then most of the violent crime was drug turf wars, which is not to say it’s a very safe town. There is basically no crime at all in areas that tourists would ever go to. Having lived in more than one dodgy neighborhood, I can say from experience that the vast majority of people are decent folks who work hard, but live in a state of low level siege. That is to say they’ve been abandoned. I’m OK with Trump using the National Guard to clean up the place. I doubt it will make any difference, though.
What is it with wimpy right wingers being afraid of cities, LOL (rhetorical question… it’s a fact that conservative minds are more fearful)
Grow up, man child!
Some countries would shoot these bottom feeding parasites on site. We should do the same, along with Europe.
Move to one. A conservative paradise like Russia, perhaps? This guy is living the dream!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmxIcfyMatE
It would be a terrible shame if violent crime actually goes down. Although Chicago is not a federal enclave. Guess what race is most disparately impacted by violent crime in both cities.
Yes, its black on black crime, or African American on African American crime mostly. Unless you are white and dumb enough to walk in most DC neighborhoods. And for all the liberal morons that think I am a Trump Nazi, blah blah blah blah blah, that was told to me by 2 friends, black, military that live in the nicer areas around there
Yeah. When I worked in DC, my wife and I would have dinner occasionally with a co-worker of wife and her black, DC cop husband. The guy said the place was worse than imagined with many murders never getting into to the stats. Apparently, they find bodies and have no idea who the victim is and simply ignore the event.
Trump’s heavy hand is placed correctly this time. I did twenty five years in that miserable hell hole. The place isn’t safe. I remember a US senator held up in front of the building I worked in, a US attorney gunned down in front of the building by drug dealers, numerous stories, by friends, of muggings and holdups. Then there was the DC bankruptcy where the administration had no record of income and expenses, only knowing how to beg congress for moolah. People who can’t run their own lives can’t run a city! In my day DC was the murder capital of the country, I doubt if things have changed.
the 2 down voters are virtue signaling white liberals that have never been there and virtue signal from a far
The downvoters are downvoting ChristoPedoFascism, which you support.
You are a traitor.
But does not federal government have the ultimate responsibility for dc. So bottom line guess its congress and the presidents fault.
Nixon granted home rule in the 70’s.
The homeless are unsightly in his shining city on a hill, otherwise known as Oz. They clash with the golden mansion and will bring down the property value of his new ballroom. God forbid he use the ballroom money (charity) to help the homeless. Not that he doesn’t mind using his personal charity. It’s just that he doesn’t donate to his own charity but will eagerly give away your donation.
Aide: “Sir? “Big Balls” was beaten up by a couple of teenagers”
Trump: “Activate the most powerful army in the country!”
It’s scary to realize that this is the reason for Trump’s ‘crackdown’ in DC.
Coristine is a sociopath. Only 19 years old. A well paid foot soldier who seemed to enjoy playing the role.
How many people recognize the slow rise of the US police state, I mean far beyond what it is now?
All these outliers exist and appear bit die during the news cycle.
I must have posted regarding this future feature of BIGOV at least a dozen times.
But everybody falls for the WWE distractions like FED vs INFLATION. Hang some string from both sides heavily muscled biceps and you have a match made for the gullible GENPOP.
Meanwhile TACO keeps increasing powers, deployment and villains (people who have true political and moral leanings like not wanting the genocide of children).
First it starts with the brown folk, then the Propalestinians, then the judges, and those 55 Canadians, then the homeless, then the working poor, then you and your middle/upper middle class money and precious land.
Not a single person has asked how the EU internet laws pertain to US posters?
No one notices how certain relatively bland channels are disappearing from Youtube because Google recommends the paid for favorites.
Every single day I see some strange bit of outlier that moves the police state just a hair more forward.
And most of you love it.
Until it bites you in the ass.
Be warned.
It is all about location. I chose to leave Florida and its humid stench of decaying and placid gomers. The entire south and East coast is simply unappealing.
Re-inventing myself has once again been an absolute success!
Sadly the criminal element is being augmented by the concentration of wealth and the blind greed of our corporations.
Henry Ford knew that he had to ay a living wage to have a market for his products.
Our corporate, banking and insurance industries ~ bleed their workers dry and when they fall through the cracks as burned out husks, they become druggies or criminals.
Yet Wall Street continues to breed millionaires like flies and the trickle down economy survives in stark contrast to the squalor of our cities.
Running a business that lifts its employees rather than exploits them requires thoughtfulness over ruthlessness. Less profit initially earns lower costs in to long run as turnover and re-training costs fall.
Work smarter and harder so you can support your employees, friends and family as they grow into their potential.
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Cheeto Pedo has a private army, better funded than the Marines.
CWB site is all about the high-end downtown and north side, a.k.a., the ‘good parts’ of the city. Who needs cops or guns to defend themselves when the neighbors have Ring and Nest?
https://cwbchicago.com/
I was in Chicago a few weeks ago with no signs of trouble while touring factories and fabrication sites…
Nonsense! I can tell by the way you type that you were murdered at least 7 times while there!
I’m getting a sense that the elite are fearing upcoming social unrest and this military takeover of the local police plus the ICE activity since Trump took office are evidence of this.
The COVID-scam (a massive $13 trillion financial bailout conveniently undertaken because of a ‘pandemic’) left the bottom 60% worse off than they were before.
The elite just added insult to injury by enacting Medicaid and SNAP cuts. They know blowback is coming and they are getting ready for it.
What elite? Those living on their yachts? Those living in Singapore or in a Spanish or Tuscan villa?
Those residing in the Caymans?
Nope this is a simple prison yard beat down so everyone shuts their mouth and keep it shut.
You think in a gated community you sit safe from BIGOV?
Who was the TACO guy with the early morning beast mode raid?
Now think hard about Ruby Ridge and Waco.
If they eat their own and have proven they will destroy innocent pregnant women and dogs, they have ZERO problem with you.
There is ALWAYS a bigger hammer.
On someones balance sheet you are just a number.
Kissing the orange ass guarantees safety. Until it doesn’t, but that’s a problem for later.
Conservatives have been talking down to America for decades now about how they’re the true constitutionalists, but the first chance they get to scrap it, they’re all in. Disgraceful.
Say what?
They carry the constitution but NEVER actually apply the rules. Sure they add after hours speeches to get on the record but never really act.
Plus what is a real conservative?
What is a real liberal?
On a Ven diagram they cross at more freedom and free speech.
The real ones not the faux ones being sold the last 25 years.
Go take a walk in Bridgeport on a Friday night. Or any other of your cities in CT.
What a dumb comment
-has nothing to do with the point I made
-doesn’t even make a point itself
Why are you so fearful and/or dumb? Are you really too afraid to go to cities? LOL
History buffs? “Rubicon”?
History buffs Lincoln and Martial law.
bottom line: The president offered misleading statements about crime trends in the nation’s capital.
Surprised that Trump lies? Surely you jest… 😉
Shirley you joust!!
I think he’s serious, and stop calling him Shirley!
Troops in Chicago?
Have to stock up on popcorn. That’ll be better than a Bears game.
from Snowpiercer the movie.
The power of the executive order, which is a broad paintbrush wielded by the chief executive of the land, remains a potent tool for influencing real-world events. In the right hands, it can do a world of good. In the wrong ones, it can test the Supreme Court’s patience, irritate the DoJ, and make a mockery of the rule of law.
The current president’s expansion of executive powers, specifically through his use of executive orders, is worrisome indeed. Society’s nuances must be respected; else, they get trampled over in the rush to power. What changes societies as a whole are the forces of societal evolution, which can be accelerated by those in power.
Those in power have a duty not to rock the boat too much. In taking over the police, Trump is rocking the boat wildly. If he’s not careful, it will capsize, taking him with it.
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The homeless issue seems to be unsolvable in blue states including here in Cali. We are building a massive expensive homeless industrial complex with our local politicos taking a big cut with no incentives to fix the problem, instead the financial incentives are there to make the problem bigger. In LA we have homeless whackos walking out of grocery stores with as much as they can carry and since it will be 30 mins before the police arrive its commonplace. Not to mention all of the other property and other crime they commit, a lot not reported. I understand the frustration but just throwing them out of one area does not solve the problem.
Curtis: You ever been to the tail section? Do you have any idea what went on back there? When we boarded? It was chaos. Yeah, we didn’t freeze to death, but we didn’t have time to be thankful. Wilford’s soldiers came and they took everything. A thousand people in an iron box. No food, no water… After a month, we ate the weak… You know what I hate about myself? I know what people taste like. I know that babies taste best… There was a woman. She was hiding with her baby. And some men with knives came. They killed her and they took her baby. And then an old man-no relation, just an old man-stepped forward and he said, “Give me the knife.” And everyone thought he’d kill the baby himself. But he took the knife and he cut off his arm. And he said, “Eat this, if you’re so hungry. Eat this, just leave the baby.” I had never seen anything like that. And the men put down their knives… You’ve probably guessed who that old man was. That baby was Edgar. And I was the man with the knife. I killed Edgar’s mother… And then one by one, other people in the tail section started cutting off arms and legs and offering them. It was like a miracle. And I wanted to. I tried, it’s… A month later, Wilford’s soldiers brought those protein blocks. We’ve been eatin’ that shit ever since. 18 years I’ve hated Wilford. 18 years I’ve waited for this moment. And now I’m here… Open the gate. Please.
You talking to me? Haha.
In six months, the crime rate will drop 80% in DC and the rest of the democratic run hell holes will wake up to the reality that the problems caused by the weak and feckless democratic policies are the main problem. The biggest problem will be housing affordability becasue people will be buying up real estate in neighborhoods where no one wanted to live before. Nice problem to have if you own a home in those areas.
Hahahaha! That’s pretty funny stuff.
Thanks.
Oh look, you’ve hurt their feelings.
Dude, who really cares about uv/dv except insecure Redditors.
Mason: Order is the barrier that holds back the flood of death. We must all of us on this train of life remain in our allotted station. We must each of us occupy our preordained particular position. Would you wear a shoe on your head? Of course you wouldn’t wear a shoe on your head. A shoe doesn’t belong on your head. A shoe belongs on your foot. A hat belongs on your head. I am a hat. You are a shoe. I belong on the head. You belong on the foot. Yes? So it is. In the beginning, order was proscribed by your ticket: First Class, Economy, and freeloaders like you. Eternal order is prescribed by the sacred engine: all things flow from the sacred engine, all things in their place, all passengers in their section, all water flowing. all heat rising, pays homage to the sacred engine, in its own particular preordained position. So it is. Now, as in the beginning, I belong to the front. You belong to the tail. When the foot seeks the place of the head, the sacred line is crossed. Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe.
80% Ha! Try 1500%.
Speak for yourself Mike, Chicago needs the federal government to take over. There is a person shot in Chicago every 4 hours, someone is murdered every 20 hours, and we have had 40+ mass shootings (3 or more people shot) this year. The city leadership is not interested in ensuring the safety of the citizens here, it’s just a fact. As a resident of Chicago, I will look forward to Trump taking some kind of action.
Are you seriously that stupid?
How many cops is Trump going to send to Chicago to make a difference?
If you look forward to Trump illegally sending troops, then you look forward to riots.
Of course, that’s what some idiots want
I am disheartened by absolute idiots who think unconstitutional actions are OK (as long as it’s Trump doing so),
Then think Trump can actually send enough troops to Chicago to matter (at what cost)
Good.
But police, ICE, BP ( Constitution free zone 100 miles around the US border) Nat Guard and maybe military.
Honestly it may be practice for any real US war unlike the Russians have been getting.
“If your repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will come to believe it yourself” – Joseph Goebbels
With all due respect, the city doesn’t have the police required, the resources, or the leadership to restore order to the city. To say the place is a complete mess would be an understatement.
Other than fleeing the city (not giving up my sub 3% mortgage), what options are there?
You could wait it out, like native Chicagoans do. You like it enough to not leave.
You could get involved with your neighborhood groups, and talk to your alderman.
When did I say Chicago has enough police?
Here is the ONLY issue at hand: Where is the Chicago “insurrection”?
For state National Guard units, Trump can federalize them under certain conditions, such as invoking the Insurrection Act or other federal laws like Title 10.
Far more likely, an attempt by Trump would probably cause riots. Perhaps what he wants.
It is idiotic to propose an insurrection or other grounds for Trump to take over the Illinois National Guard.
https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1955085954810778031
Fence it with razor wire. Don’t let the politicians hide out on the south shore of Michigan on the weekends, either.
Are you not entertained??
Oops. Trump now says gold will NOT be tariffed!
Oops. After calling for the Intel CEO to resign, he now calls him a great success and an amazing story!
Oops. After stopping chip sales to China, Trump now says it’s okay.
I’m loving the volatility of Trump. It provides a lot of trading opportunities.
More demented than Biden… but the pills keep him perky.
As always. I have no say in what politicians do; no matter how stupid it is. But I can profit from it.
TACO FLAVORED KISSES
Dear President Trump,
These piss poor attempts to distract us from the fact that you won’t release the Epstein files aren’t working. Release the files asshat.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
He can’t release the files.
There is no statute of limitations on pedophilia in NY state.
If he releases the files, he gets indicted.
The cult cheers because they are tired of politicians, acting in runoff fashion as in running off the clock, not solving problems. The “defiance of political norms” means grandstanding and talking while Rome burns. Trump ordered in the firemen instead. Now, can he legally do it in Chicago…probably not, not without an actual emergency, although the “weekly homicide counter” actually existing should have been an emergency to the leaders of Chicago long ago. So let’s go with doing it where you can and letting others fret about the “what if” and maybe do something to avoid finding out.
Remember, they said the border couldn’t be closed without new legislation and new money–none of that true, just needed someone more committed to upholding the law than letting folks break it.
I’m not worrying about a president actually working double time and being creative to stop crime. I worried a lot when the past non-president had an administration run by unelected people whose names we did not know letting millions of potential criminals in, handing them prepaid cards, phones and shipping them on planes to unsuspecting cities.
Now, maybe Congress and other state and local leaders will get back to directing sound policy instead of directing deposit (of their unearned paycheck).
Interesting take, Bill, especially with your rationale of “I’m not worrying about a president actually working double time and being creative to stop crime.”
I hope you’re still around on this blog in four years when a Democrat is President with these new citizen-sanctioned rule-making abilities. How about these Democrat choices in the future to end your sentence.
“to eliminate all gun deaths.”
Sir, the National Guard and 86th Battalion are here to search your home and confiscate your weapons (new EO and all).
“to save the environment.”
Sir, you will be paid pennies on the dollar for your truck the government is confiscating because you don’t have a valid work permit to need that vehicle.
“to promote diversity.”
Sir, you will need to move. We are turning your home into group living quarters for immigrants.
…. When you sanction anything-goes, remember that anything can be done in the future to you. Good luck out there.
I’ve followed this blog for 20+ years
I think food and ammunition just became the strongest investment you can buy.
.223 and 30 round mags will be worth their weight in gold.
Yes, The US army will be easily scared off by civilians with handguns…..
It won’t be the army. It’ll be ICE, and those guys aren’t gonna take a bullet… they’ll go molest somebody else.
Weaken DC (the highest per capita income in the world), starve it. When DC cancer shrinks in sized, when it can no longer cause damage, put it in submission.
Macht schnell!
Are you just pretending to be retarded at this point?
No… he’s our DEI poster.
DC isn’t a state. It’s cancer cells which metastasized during Trump #1 and almost killed him and itself.
It’s been a hell hole since the great society (60’s)and then home rule in the 70’s. Back in the 60’s it was a sleepy southern town before LBJ’s fiascos.
Why not move some agencies out of the hell hole? Akron could use some economic stimulus and you don’t need to pay the bureaucrats as much. It seems like a win-win, taxpayers get a break and a dysfunctional city gets its due.
Trump didn’t think of all this. He never had the legal imagination. This is a cabal of a specific type of legal conservatism that started somewhat in the shadows and grew up over 40 years. It goes back to Bork and so on (who stepped up and fired the attorney general for Nixon). They were networking and building up a head of steam in law schools for a few decades. At some point between terms 1 and 2 this group realized he was their vehicle, their ticket to effect this regime change (and he did share a lot of views). It is a coalition that emerged in the middle of this movie, to some degree. And I suspect it is supercharged with AI strategizing, generating ideas of gaps in the system.
Oops, I mean Robert Bork fired the Special Counsel. His predecessor, Elliot Richardson, refused Nixon’s order to do so, and resigned, and Bork was next in line.
This right here: https://www.project2025.observer/en
Meanwhile China refuses to ship rare earths to the US and Trump’s congress withholds the evidence of Trumps abuse of little girls, (becoming complicit in the crimes).
Trump is simultaneously attacking homeless people while protecting his own criminal activity.
No wonder Putin is coming over to visit with his buddy “Dictator Trump”.
Who does Trump work for?
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For whoever holds the incriminating video tapes
A malfunctioning immune system cannot tell what is, or is not, an “enemy” tissue. Thus it attacks its own tissues. This is my model for basic judgment of any sort, allocating resources. Militarizing domestically is a particularly dire manifestation. One can always find a sufficient “emergency,” right? Which may be its own feedback loop to more “necessity.” I’m dazzled that out shining city on a hill is imitating such obvious and bad 20th century precedents. What we have had, imperfect as it is, is so extraordinary. But some don’t know what they have until it is gone.
Chicago? To officiate Illinois Fats and NY Nursing Home Killer pizza eating contest?
Rule of law? When was the last time that mattered? Both party’s are responsible for the lack of law. I just wish my community would get rid of all the homeless drug addicts. They should go back the way it was 50 years ago, if you are a vagrant, you Go to jail, if you are a sexual pervert (think homosexual) you went to the nuthouse.
So Trump should be in jail instead of the White House…
Agree!
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Lol, Trump is married and doesn’t take drugs
Married to someone that clearly despises him… and as for the drugs: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-misused-funds-pentagon-2024-01-28/
And if you impregnated a 15 year old, you married her.
Sounds responsible to me
Another pedophile identified.
Just to be clear it was legal not that long ago and age 16 is common in many countries today (Canada where I’m from for instance).
…and if you go to the middle east and africa, it’s quite a bit lower. We have a politician in Utah trying to get it down to 13.
Sick people make sick laws.
Your new age ideas suck
LOL You must not live in a Castle Doctrine state.
Because if you said that stupid shit near me and mine, my wife would shoot you dead and claim she was afraid for her safety – i.e., catching your cancerous bigotry.
Lol, I’m shaking, feel sorry for your wife, I will pray for her
His press conference today was amazing, he covered so much, spoke so intelligently and rapidly. Like someone 30 years younger. Still focused on himself largely, but so what.
Not sure even Mish could keep up with him.
LOL!
Poor trump was babbling again and nearly incoherent. Refused to answer questions and had to pick his questions from select reporters as the bulk of those present wanted to ask him about his perverted activities with underage girls.
This president isa sick, demented liar.
25th amendment time!
Looks like the b-team trump simps have arrived.
On Jan 6 MAGA tried to stop Brutus. Eat your heart Brutus.
I think Trump is threatening Chicago to scare the illegals. He wants them to self deport. I’m not sure if it’s legal for him to take over but I think A LOT of Chicago residents would welcome the National Guard. Crime is still very high in Chicago. They are short a lot of police officers. It can take 30-60 minutes for police to show up after calling 911. Crime was so bad that when I lived in IL I wouldn’t go the City of Chicago 10 years before I moved out of IL.
Brandon Johnson is just another in a long list of Soros funded, anti-police mayors who intentionally handicap law enforcement from doing their job. It’s great for police. They keep getting raises and have less risk overall, since they can’t go after law breakers like they should be able to.
I look forward to seeing how this DC takeover works out. On one hand, it could be an example for Trump’s many detractors to show how he’s making bad decisions, if the overall plan & implementation leads to bigger problems. Then on the other hand, it gives Trump the opportunity to show how strong law enforcement can lead to good outcomes by lowering crime & lifting up communities, things Dems don’t seem to be very good at these days.
As with all things TACO, it’s going to take a while for this to bake in & see how things turn out. While there’s ample opportunity for a great payoff in terms of the intended goals, there are landmines as well. Having a shootout between some thugs & the NG probably won’t go well for the thugs and could be a PR nightmare for TACO.
Politically it’s dumb. People of Illinois vote for Johnson and Pritzker. They don’t want Trump’s input. If crime doesn’t plummet, it’ll be Trump’s problem. Just like he made Ukraine his war – his protestations notwithstanding. People in good neighborhoods and suburbs don’t care about crime in the hood. That’s also why gun control won’t happen. Law abiding people don’t want to be unarmed against criminals. Too bad Lindsey Graham is never caught in the crossfire.
If it doesn’t plummet, he’ll fire whoever produced the number, and simply lie about it. His followers are that goddam stupid.
While not 5f chess, he is a master of trolling checkers. He is baiting the left to overreact. The “silent majority” (remember them?) sees the videos of rip and run youths(recycled from LA) and thinks maybe something does need to be done. An overreaction by the Dems will cost votes in 26.
“He is baiting the left to overreact.”
Overreact how?
What is the IL governor to do other that tell Trump he is a stupid fool?
Wouldn’t that be fun?
Of course that would be a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Idiots on the Left and Right is what we have now.
Not at all, slow positioning of police state and police powers to be used against everyone. Illegals are today Rappers, end BUSHCO Muslims.
Add to that Google and Wikipedia have been eating information there ain’t no one to trust.
States rights were put on life support with Lincoln. FDR pulled the plug.
Trump has no regard for the rule of law??
I suppose that the police who should be enforcing the law, but don’t, are respecting the law?
I don’t understand.
Their motto – “stop, look, point, laugh, leave”.
Law and order sounds better to me.
Bring in the national guard to lawless blue cities.
“I suppose that the police who should be enforcing the law, but don’t, are respecting the law? I don’t understand.”
Then you are a fool with TDS or trolling.
They are fashioning rods for their own asses in my estimation, at this time.
Chicago Mayor has sounded the alarm they are about to collapse and need more tax money . the 50 year reign of DC and Chicago by the Dems have turned them into crap holes . Whatever Trump does he can’t screw it up any more then what the dems have . Hey Mish how about that article about the reduction of Illegals crossings down to near zero . Just think they said it couldn’t be done .
Don’t hold your breath.
A lot of criminals coming out of jail are homeless. And a lot of them are repeat offenders.
What you don’t seem to understand maybe your group is next.
No you don’t understand. Experience trumps conjecture.
A dunce forever will be a dunce.
This is why we should eliminate jails and turn all criminals into animal feed.
No maintenance or habitation expenses, no rehabilitation concerns.
One crime that results in jail time and you are done for life!
Name one conservative who cares enough that Trump is flouting the United States’ history of laws and order with his many claims to unfettered, unchecked power. There isn’t one. Sure, Rand Paul says nice things on an issue or two, and Massie and a few others threaten to act on moralistic grounds, but none of them really do any of it now do they?
Remember just a year ago when caring about Presidents breaking laws was the biggest concern of the GOP? I remember that.
The primary job of the president is security of the citizenry. It’s beyond obvious that DC, like many other liberal cities, has been overtaken by anti-police rot. I feel quite sure there will be a massive disconnect between the average DC resident looking forward to safer streets & all the anti-TACO hysteria crowd.
Trump hollowed DC, it’s radical left components and its homeless.
You lie as much as he does… all to support a pedo.
I’m listening right now to some LA police officials hold a presser talking about cracking down on illegal street takeovers.
Good for them and about time. You only have to set a few examples and the word gets out fast.
Oversight of the District is exclusive to Congress per the constitution and not the executive office. The 23rd amendment is not applicable to this case. However, since power in Congress vests with republicans it’s unlikely they will challenge Trumo and by the time SCOTUS reviews the legality of Trump’s actions the issues will be resolved. I’m also not sure SCOTUS would even entertain reviewing the case. Mish is correct.
On January 6, 2021, there was a genuine emergency. However, Trump sat on his sorry ass.
U mean the ’emergency’ where the cops were escorting the protestors into the capitol bldg? Where the only person who was killed was an unarmed civilian female vet notbthreatening anyone! U.mean the incident that pelosi agreed she chose not to do anything about on video by her own daughter? Puhlease already with the leftist lying
And yet, on January 6 Trump sat on his sorry ass and did nothing because it suited him to watch his people storm the Capitol.
… then let them rot in jail for 4 years when he could have easily pardoned all of them.
You’ll go under the bus with the rest of the useful idiots.
If you think that was something then you should have seen the night when the Tigers won their last World Series.
We tried it ur way for many decades and it doesn’t work. Idk about chi town but d.c. doesn’t have a say.
You must have no idea what the Posse Comitatus Act stipulates. Maybe you know what stipulates means?
That’s not a 4th grade word.
Well how are you frogs and lobsters doing in that pot right now?
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
-Martin-Niemöller-Haus Berlin-Dahlem
Democrats are going to have a lot of fun when they get back in power.
Got exit strategy?
The dems will follow Trump’s footsteps. Buy rentals in Tehran.
“When they come for me
I’ll be sitting at my desk
with a gun in my hand
and a bulletproof vest. – Keasby Nights, by Catch 22
I think we all agree getting rid of the first 3 of your categories would be a net benefit for society. I would also add “come for the trial lawyers” to your prescription.
And I notice you don’t live in either DC or Chicago Mish.You care nothing for those that get: robbed, shot, or car jacked. The elected officials there essentially don’t care. That is for sure. I say, go Trump. He can’t do any worse than what is happening now in those cities. More protection of ordinary citizens is good.
Your totally missing the point. The president simply doesn’t have the authority you idiots cultish followers want him to have. It’s ok to break the law when Trump wants to put things in order but it would be an outrage had any of the previous 46 presidents broken the law to implement their agenda, whatever it was.
The Trump cult gets dumber and dumber. Followers think that now that they have power the law should no longer apply. When it bites them in the ass don’t come crying, no one will listen nor have pity. What a bunch of miserable nincompoop.
A large number people (growing daily) are TIRED of nothing being done by politicians and police about public safety, with one excuse after another made from no resources, no money, no authority, no political will, etc., etc.
Essentially, little to nothing gets done and society slowly crumbles.
Failure to enforce laws, failure to keep people in jail, failure to keep the public safe makes people want to return to posse/vigilante justice, which is what Trump represents.
Their need for a daddy supercedes all rational thought.
You guys can’t get off first base. You don’t understand what Trump is doing. I’m no fanboy, but you’re missing the brilliance. He’s forcing the system. The constitutional system to make a decision. Yes, this will go through the courts, especially concerning Chicago, and it may reach the Supreme Court. He’s making Congress get off its lazy ass and do something. Trump is opening a constitutional crisis after crisis to either get a court decision or get Congress to make or refine laws for once, instead of playing politics. Just look at the birthright immigration issues. For once, we may get a definitive answer on the 14th Amendment.
What it looks like to me is that Trump is refining constitutional matters, which are still full of impurities, particularly the amendments of the last two hundred years. He is making sausage; it’s ugly, it needs to be done because Congress has done nothing for decades.
I will concede that Congress ceased fulfilling much of its responsibilities awhile back, and this did dump things back into (multiple) presidents’ laps. We needed immigration reform from Congress, like, 40 years ago. We ended up with 4-year chunks of politicized zigzagging.
You have heard of states rights, correct? It is not the job of the federal government to police individual states. When citizens of blue state crap holes get tired of the crime, they have the option of leaving or electing others to power.
That went out the window with traitor Lincoln in 1860. Wake up dude!!!!
Mish lived closer to Janesville Wisconsin than Chicago back in the day.
Posse Comitatus Act
Does not apply. National Guard is under “local” jurisdiction