It’s not hyperbole to say that Washington, D.C. has entered unprecedented territory under Trump’s recent actions. On August 11, 2025, Trump invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, placing the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying the National Guard throughout the city. He called it “Liberation Day,” claiming the city was plagued by “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor” despite data showing a dramatic drop in violent crime over the past two years.

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