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 Guard into his nation's capital, starting on Tuesday night.
Trump has taken command of the city's police force and sent federal agents to patrol alongside them, backing up 800 troops who've been tasked with taking on a crime wave that 's brought the city to its knees. According to Trump himself, the objective is simple, we're going to take our capital back.
To hear Trump's opponents tell the story, there is no crime wave, and what's playing out in Washington, DC is little more than the power grab of an aspiring authoritarian.
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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.
