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HISTORIC CRACKDOWN: Trump Just Declared “Liberation Day” From Crime in D.C.

Taking direct control of the city’s police and deploying the National Guard, the president says it’s time to crush crime and take back America’s capital.

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Aug 11, 2025
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He just called in the CAVALRY.

For FAR too long, violent crime has been allowed to fester in once-great American cities.

That ENDS TODAY—starting in D.C. President Trump stood in the White House briefing room and dropped a NUKE on pro-crime Democrat cities:

He’s invoking the D.C. Home Rule Act to take DIRECT federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department and deploying the NATIONAL GUARD to the streets to SQUASH criminals and protect law-abiding citizens.

“This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back.”

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It was a rare sight.

The President of the United States, standing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House first thing on a Monday morning, flanked by top members of his cabinet.

That alone signaled something BIG wa…

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