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Trump warns NYC, LA and Chicago he’ll federalize like DC if they don’t ‘self-cleanup’ crime and homelessness (www.independent.co.uk)

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Donald Trump suggested he would enact a similar federalization of law enforcement in major cities including New York, LA and Chicago if they didn’t “self-clean-up” problems of crime and homelessness.

“We're going to have a tremendous success of what we're doing,” he said.

“Other cities are hopefully watching this. They're all watching just like everyone's watching here, they're all watching, and maybe they'll self clean up.”

“We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” he posted. “The Criminals, you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong.”

It has also been reported that the president is sending in 120 FBI agents on overnight shifts to help local law enforcement battle crime in the district.

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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If it wasn't clear, this is not a response to crime levels.

He is dismissing reality to create his own narrative in order to create a show of force in DC. There is nothing that can be done, in the cities he is threatening, that will stop him from doing the same, and probably worse, there.

Speculation time:

Worse being, potentially accusing city leadership of corruption, with no evidence, in order to install loyalists or politicans who bend the knee.

Any backlash can be combatted by the occupying force he brings in and broadcast as evidence of a "crime wave".

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/is-dc-crime-totally-out-of-control-as-trump-said-what-the-numbers-show/3972118/