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Trump Takes Control of DC Police, Deploying National Guard in Capital Crime Crackdown #shorts
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1:10Now PlayingPresident Trump announced an escalation of law enforcement in DC on Monday, placing the city’s police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to patrol the streets — and warning New York City could be next.
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse. This is liberation day in DC and we’re going to take our capital back,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people. And we’re not going to let it happen anymore. We’re not going to take it.”
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