So let me get this straight…

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in So let me get this straight…:

Do you think they'll need to use the machine guns on the top?

blah blah blah, a bunch of words to basically state that “no, I haven’t investigated the claims about data manipulation by the DC politicos made by the Police Union”…

If Trump or congress said they were funding an influx of police officers to focus on late night crime trends or other pockets of crime in certain DC wards, that would make sense. Marching in a convoy of humvees and machine guns is lazy Trump distraction bait.

Boy, it sure is difficult driving around all the machine gun emplacements this morning… And the rocket launchers… It surely does feel like North Korea down here.. :eyeroll:

[Mik]

The other way to think about this is that it is intended to send a message that the years of lax or nonexistent law enforcement is over.

[jon-nyc]

Imagine getting T-boned by an MRAP because Trump wants to get his base’s mind off of the Epstein files.

[89th]

The story didn't say... how many mines did they end up finding?

[jon-nyc]

Reminds me back during the Furguson riots I think, when the local cops were criticized for bringing in military equipment. One Iraqi-war veteran commenter said “I’ve led patrols in Falluja with less armor.”

[LuFins Dad]

[89th]

VE VILL ASK THE QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jon-nyc]

[89th]

It's funny how he said he would drain the swamp but he is BY FAR the most egregious SWAMP KING I have ever seen in the white house.

[Axtremus]

Maybe you just don't understand what he means by "swamp." You need @Jolly here to translate for you.

[taiwan_girl]

@89th said in So let me get this straight…:

It's funny how he said he would drain the swamp but he is BY FAR the most egregious SWAMP KING I have ever seen in the white house.

I have added another item to track in my President Trump economic scorecard, and that is the number of federal workers. We will see how this does over the long term.

End October 2024: 23.51MM
End June 2025: 23.58MM

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USGOVT

[LuFins Dad]

0 murders since August 13.

https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5469044-dc-crime-drop-trump/

[89th]

Wait, we can trust the MPD's numbers now, right? (not that I'm doubting it)

Also Trump said DC hasn't had a murder free week "in years" when really they've had 3 stretches already in 2025 in February, April, and May, and the February stretch lasted 16 days.

But I'm glad we are spending $1 million per day on this PR stunt.

[Doctor Phibes]

@89th said in So let me get this straight…:

Also Trump said DC hasn't had a murder free week "in years" when really they've had 3 stretches already in 2025 in February, April, and May, and the February stretch lasted 16 days.

Fake news. There were murders. So many murders. Very bad hombres doing very bad things. So sad.

[jon-nyc]

I’m old enough to remember when Obama’s use of Roman columns on the stage at the 2008 convention launched a hundred news segments on Fox about whether he had an emperor complex.

[jon-nyc]

Why isn’t he headed to Jackson MS, which has a murder rate more than 3x that of Chicago or DC?

[jon-nyc]

Still listening to the Hoover bio (it’s 37 hours of audio).

In 1964, Hoover spoke publicly about the crime rate in DC, saying he felt afraid to walk outside even in the daytime.

Seems exaggerated.