US President Donald Trump has invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, and has taken direct federal control of the Washington, DC Metro Police Department.
Citing skyrocketing crime, "Blood-thirsty criminals, gangs, drugged-out maniacs, the doubling of car thefts, the tripling of car-jackings, and the highest Murder rate in 25 years" the President declared "We are taking this city back."
Saying that the U.S. Capital City has worse crime than places like Bogota, Colombia, and Mexico City, Mexico, federal agents, the Washington, DC National Guard and other agencies will deploy immediately.
With Washington DC being a federal city, Trump has direct control over its National Guard, unlike in the 50 states, where the Governor has control. Trump made clear that not only will the DC National Guard be deployed, "they will be backed up by regular US troops if necessary."
Under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the federal government can take control of city services for up to 30 days. What happens beyond that is not yet clear.
Hal Turner Snap Analysis
We all saw this coming. When that young kid, Edward Coristine, known as "Big Balls" from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) got the crap beaten out him trying to stop a car-jacking, it brought real crime directly into the view of the President. In the image below, is seen at left, normal, and at right, after the car-jackers beat him:
By attacking this particular person, the criminals brought Washington, DC crime directly in the face of the President of the United States. Big mistake.
For certain, President Trump has been commenting about crime in DC for months. He has repeatedly told the Mayor, the Police Chief, and even Washington DC City Council members to clean up the city. They failed.
Now, the role of the Mayor, Police Chief, and City Council is taken over. I suspect President Trump will do for Washington, DC, what he did to get our southern US Border under control. Fast.
The next week or so is probably going to be like "Dodge City" in the old West. The bad guys likely think they can tough-it-out. I'm pretty sure they are sadly mistaken.
Trump isn't kidding around. He's not putting on a show. He's pulling federal Agents from the regular assignments all over the country, into DC. He's calling-up the DC National Guard. He will back them up with regular army troops if he has to.
Those Agents and National Guard troops will likely be quite perturbed at having to leave their comfy home to work in DC because certain people won't behave. I suspect those Agents and Soldiers will be . . . . . hmmmmmm. . . . . rather terse, when dealing with the bad guys. Certainly a lot less cordial than the DC Metro Police may have been.
I have a feeling the word on the street is going to be crystal clear: You cannot rape, rob, pillage, burn, steal, or kill anymore. Period. Full stop.
Now, depending on exactly how bad things are in that city, things might get quite ferocious for a couple days as the bad guys fight back. The federal agents and soldiers may have to actually kick ass and take names. In the end, Constituted Authority (Law and Order) will prevail.
My guess is that ten days from now, Washington, DC will look and feel like a miracle.
