Source: Washington Monthly
by Robert J Shapiro
“Last week, Donald Trump claimed the authority to deploy the country’s military to the streets of Washington, D.C. to help fight crime. Yet, hard data show it’s not about crime in the nation’s capital. Instead, the evidence points to other, more troubling reasons and aspirations, especially the president’s personal sense of entitlement to power, MAGA’s approach to partisan politics, and an implied threat to public opposition to his exercise of power in the future.” (08/18/25)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/18/the-lies-behind-trumps-d-c-troop-surge/