Trump Name Checks Oakland in National Guard D.C. Announcement

Trump Brings D.C. Police Under Federal Control, Deploys National Guard

by Ben Whedon   President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he would act to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., including by deploying the National Guard. “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 D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back,” he said. “Under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States, I’m off…

Oakland mayor calls Trump’s latest attack ‘wrong’ and ‘cheap’

Trump promised to activate the National Guard to take over Washington, D.C.'s police department, warning that cities such as Oakland could come next.

Trump name checks Oakland in National Guard D.C. announcement

(KRON) -- President Donald Trump singled Oakland out by name Monday in a speech announcing he would be deploying the National Guard in Washington D.C. and federalizing its police department. Speaking to reporters in the White House's James Brady Briefing Room Monday, Trump said he would be deploying the guard to the nation's capital after previously posting on social media that the city would be "LIBERATED." Trump said he would be declaring a pu…

Trump calls out Oakland, Los Angeles in speech about crime in D.C.

In talking about crime in the nation's capital on Monday, President Donald Trump specifically called out Oakland and Los Angeles.

President Trump Activates DC National Guard to Fight Crime: Democrats Angry, Criminals Scared, and Citizens Safer - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons   President Trump has invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control with Attorney General Pam Bondi overseeing operations. The move also includes deploying 800 National Guard troops to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stating they will be “f…

Trump takes control of DC police, calls for National Guard

CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD soldiers in Los Angeles (Wikipedia/US Army). Claiming that the city is unsafe and besieged by violent crime, President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was federalizing the Washington, D.C. police force and calling up 600 National Guard soldiers to patrol the city. According to the Associated Press, the president – under the Home Rule Act of 1973 – is authorized to take emergency action in the federal city. “Thi…