Trump orders seven-day crackdown in Washington DC citing ‘violent crime’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/trump-violent-crime-crackdown-dc?08112025

25 comments

  1. Isn’t this the same man that suggested we have our own purge day?

  3. Even though the crime stats don’t support this.

    He is inventing a reason for a crackdown. Because he doesn’t want to have to drive past homeless people in the Capital.

  4. >Donald Trump has ordered federal officers to start sweeping the streets of Washington DC, launching what the White House is calling a seven-day crackdown on violent crime just one day after threatening to “federalize” the city.

    >The mobilization, which began on Thursday night, follows an attempted carjacking that left well-known Trump administration figure Edward “Big Balls” Coristine bloodied and injured. […]

    >The deployments come despite crime statistics showing violent crime in Washington hit a 30-year low in 2024, according to city police data. Crime has continued to decline in the first half of 2025 compared with the previous year. […]

    >The announcement follows Trump’s social media threat to take federal control of Washington DC if local authorities failed to address crime. In a Truth Social post, the president called for minors as young as 14 to be prosecuted as adults […] Federal officers from the US park police will lead the effort, supported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s homeland security investigations unit and enforcement and removal operations divisions. […]

    >The Washington Legal Clinic raised concerns about the operation’s scope, warning on social media that Trump was planning “7 nights of action, rounding up homeless people and attempting civil commitment or arrests for as many as possible”. The organization noted there was currently no available shelter space.

  6. *Trump lies again to justify being an autocratic asshole…

  7. Lets crackdown on the convicted felon, serial sexual abuser and pedo in the White House.

  8. “While Trump and Musk claimed a brutal assault involving a gang of men, the MPD reported an unarmed carjacking, with only two 15-year-old suspects detained, a girl and a boy…”

    Big Balls got “assaulted” by 15 year olds, apparently. Doesn’t quite add up and hardly an excuse to invade a city. WTF is an “unarmed carjacking” anyway?

    They probably called him an asshole and he had a temper tantrum and wanted to show his power.

  9. Why is ice involved at all in local law enforcement?

  12. Establishing a military presence in the nations capitol because his administration is becoming more unpopular than ever. This absolutely won’t end after 7 days. Protesting in DC will be impossible going forward.

  15. Child rapist occupying the White House turning America into a police state day after day….and most of America just goes…”meh”…because it hasn’t directly impacted them or someone they care about…yet.

  16. So just to be clear, it seems to me that he plans to turn the US Capital into an occupied military encampment.

    And those military will likely have orders to drive out any unhoused people or even perhaps more broadly, anyone Trump considers to be a criminal element. Based on past experience, that’s everyone brown.

    Anyone who claims to support this is many things, but chief among them is un-American.

    And if Trump goes through with this, the GOP will do nothing to suggest any accountability for Trump.

  18. Seven days of FOREVER, you mean.

    Stop trusting Trump. He lies every time.

  19. Yup. All because his name is in the Epstein files.

  20. The beginning of Trump taking control of DC so he can protect himself from what’s coming for him.

  21. The same Trump that refused to intervene when a mob was attacking the capitol?

  22. Next on his “please talk about something other then Epstein” list. Do not let it work.

  23. Remember when that democratic politician Melissa Hortman and her husband were literally assassinated by a right wing terrorist with a list….and Trump barely commented, didn’t attend the funeral? That was two months ago.

  24. I live in DC in a prominently gay neighborhood. Border Patrol agents in full uniform were spotted walking a foot patrol today in my neighborhood and intimidating the locals.

    I’ve never considered running for local office before, but I’m currently getting all the paperwork in order declare my candidacy. As gay man who moved to this area for safety and community, I can barely stomach seeing this.

  25. This is horrifying fascism and all the top comments here are jokes

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