Donald Trump Has Taken Over Washington, D.C: What’s Going On?
Simon Whistler · August 14, 2025 · 16 min video · Americas
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Soldiers are on the streets of Washington, DC, and they intend to restore order, or at
Least that's the position of America's commander-in-chief, who ordered the
Deployment of the National
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Trump seizes control of D.C. policing and deploys the National Guard, citing crime. We unpack the legality, the numbers, and the politics—and what this crackdown means for other American cities.
