A split screen emerged in the first 48 hours of President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal law enforcement and the National Guard onto D.C. streets: rhetoric from the president painting the city as a crime-addled wasteland, which D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) condemned, and, on the ground, a surge in federal resources bolstering D.C. police — which she and the police chief welcomed.
The impact of Trump’s federal actions came into view Tuesday night, with National Guard troops on the ground and agents from numerous federal agencies roaming D.C. streets from the National Mall to busy corridors in Columbia Heights. The White House said the overnight operation would soon become a 24/7 affair, with a significantly greater National Guard presence — and Trump said he intended to ask Congress to extend the emergency allowing him to federalize D.C. police beyond 30 days.
“We’re going to be asking for extensions on that — long-term extensions, because you can’t have 30 days,” Trump said Wednesday, adding that his administration would be pushing a crime bill to use the city as “a very positive example.”
Spokespeople for Bowser and Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D) declined to comment.
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