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Updated April 11, 2026 9:27 AM

Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Kept Looking Like a Political Stunt in Uniform

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The administration’s Washington, D.C., takeover pushed forward on a crime narrative that the available public data did not really support. That gap between the rhetoric and the record kept inviting criticism that Trump was using law-and-order theater to justify extraordinary federal control.

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April 11, 2026 9:27 AM

Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Kept Looking Like a Political Stunt in Uniform

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5

The administration’s Washington, D.C., takeover pushed forward on a crime narrative that the available public data did not really support. That gap between the rhetoric and the record kept inviting criticism that Trump was using law-and-order theater to justify extraordinary federal control.