Trump’s D.C. police takeover was planned and the Putin meeting stakes

特朗普策划了对华盛顿特区警察的接管，与普京会面的筹码也在其中。

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2025-08-16

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President Donald Trump began his second term with a playbook in hand for how he might take control of aspects of D.C.’s government, according to Post reporting. Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department this week was just one possible outcome. Host Colby Itkowitz speaks with White House reporter Cleve Wootson and The Post’s White House bureau chief, Matt Viser, about how Trump set the stage for deploying the National Guard in D.C. and taking control of the city’s police force. They also unpack exclusive Post reporting on a plan to create a federal “reaction force” to deploy in cities across the country, and the stakes for Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska on Friday. Today’s show was produced by Arjun Singh. It was edited by Laura Benshoff and mixed by Sean Carter. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

Has anybody else gone down like a Sean Dunn?
Are we recording?
Yeah, but on purpose.
Okay.
Has anybody else gone down like a Sean Dunn rabbit hole or is it just me?
He's the guy, allegedly, that threw the hoagie.
Oh, yeah.
You think it was planned?
I don't know.
So, here's my problem.
It's my problem and it's like a personal problem.
We hear about all these like seminal moments in American history,
like the shot heard around the world and don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.
Like our, our moment is like, you know, hoagie throw on 14th and you,
and I just, I kind of want to do over.
From the newsroom of The Washington Post, this is Post Reports Weekly Politics Roundtable.
I'm Colby Ickowitz.
It's Friday, August 15th.
I'm joined this week by White House reporter Cleve Woodson.
Cleve, hey.

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Trump’s D.C. police takeover was planned and the Putin meeting stakes

特朗普策划了对华盛顿特区警察的接管，与普京会面的筹码也在其中。

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