Outrage as Trump initiates federal takeover of Washington DC

United States President Donald Trump has begun a federal takeover of Washington D-C, seizing power over local law enforcement and deploying 800 National Guard troops to the US capital. The President claims his actions are necessary to, as he put it, "rescue" Washington from a purported wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing violent crime is rapidly declining.

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