2025-08-12
13 分钟President Trump plans to deploy the National Guard in Washington,
D.C. and take over the city's police department.
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It's Monday, August 11th.
I'm Alex Oseleff for The Wall Street Journal.
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President Trump said today that he would deploy National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.,
and place the city's police department under federal control,
launching an unprecedented effort to take charge of the nation's capital.
During a news conference at the White House where he was flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,
Attorney General Pam Bondi,
and other senior administration officials,
the president compared the homicide rate in Washington with capitals around the world,
including Bogota, Colombia.
Rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.
This is Liberation Day in D.C. and we're going to take our capital back.