Bridget Todd

I guess if there was, like, a mantra for my feelings on this, it's like, I don't like it at all, but I get it.

And, you know, Trump spent, even when he was on the campaign trail before he was president, he talked this time around about how he was planning to take over the city. And because D.C. is not a state, like, any president does have the authority to interfere with how D.C. is run. Like, any president can take over the police department and the powers of the mayor and the D.C. city council.

And, you know, Trump spent, even when he was on the campaign trail before he was president, he talked this time around about how he was planning to take over the city. And because D.C. is not a state, like, any president does have the authority to interfere with how D.C. is run. Like, any president can take over the police department and the powers of the mayor and the D.C. city council.

And, you know, Trump spent, even when he was on the campaign trail before he was president, he talked this time around about how he was planning to take over the city. And because D.C. is not a state, like, any president does have the authority to interfere with how D.C. is run. Like, any president can take over the police department and the powers of the mayor and the D.C. city council.

Any president has the power to federalize D.C. 's, like, local police force, Metropolitan Police. Oh. deputize the National Guard and give law enforcement powers in D.C. and activate the military and federal law enforcement agencies such as the Park Police in D.C.

Any president has the power to federalize D.C. 's, like, local police force, Metropolitan Police. Oh. deputize the National Guard and give law enforcement powers in D.C. and activate the military and federal law enforcement agencies such as the Park Police in D.C.

Any president has the power to federalize D.C. 's, like, local police force, Metropolitan Police. Oh. deputize the National Guard and give law enforcement powers in D.C. and activate the military and federal law enforcement agencies such as the Park Police in D.C.

So it's not great. It's not great. And, you know, the prospect of just like let that sink in the prospect of Trump having his own military and police force in the district. Like I could I cannot tell you how much this terrifies me. Like I cannot stress to listeners how much of a shit hitting the fan moment this would be for the city to give you a sense.

So it's not great. It's not great. And, you know, the prospect of just like let that sink in the prospect of Trump having his own military and police force in the district. Like I could I cannot tell you how much this terrifies me. Like I cannot stress to listeners how much of a shit hitting the fan moment this would be for the city to give you a sense.

So it's not great. It's not great. And, you know, the prospect of just like let that sink in the prospect of Trump having his own military and police force in the district. Like I could I cannot tell you how much this terrifies me. Like I cannot stress to listeners how much of a shit hitting the fan moment this would be for the city to give you a sense.

Like I have a go bag and I like get the fuck out plan for that scenario playing out. Virginia is so close.

Like I have a go bag and I like get the fuck out plan for that scenario playing out. Virginia is so close.

Like I have a go bag and I like get the fuck out plan for that scenario playing out. Virginia is so close.

I mean, yeah. honestly anybody in the DMV if you're in Maryland Virginia you should all be thinking about this Trump has continued to, like, pressure the mayor and threatening to, like, take over if she will not do the things that he says. Things like clean up the city.

I mean, yeah. honestly anybody in the DMV if you're in Maryland Virginia you should all be thinking about this Trump has continued to, like, pressure the mayor and threatening to, like, take over if she will not do the things that he says. Things like clean up the city.

I mean, yeah. honestly anybody in the DMV if you're in Maryland Virginia you should all be thinking about this Trump has continued to, like, pressure the mayor and threatening to, like, take over if she will not do the things that he says. Things like clean up the city.

Trump notified Mayor Bowser that she has to clean up all the unsightly homeless encampments in the district, especially around federal buildings. If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her, he said. And so far, her strategy has really been one of like quiet appeasement so that Black Lives Matter Plaza that she erected in defiance during his first term, that came down.

Trump notified Mayor Bowser that she has to clean up all the unsightly homeless encampments in the district, especially around federal buildings. If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her, he said. And so far, her strategy has really been one of like quiet appeasement so that Black Lives Matter Plaza that she erected in defiance during his first term, that came down.

Trump notified Mayor Bowser that she has to clean up all the unsightly homeless encampments in the district, especially around federal buildings. If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her, he said. And so far, her strategy has really been one of like quiet appeasement so that Black Lives Matter Plaza that she erected in defiance during his first term, that came down.

Did it really? They painted over it? I think they paint they dismantled it. I think that they were like, oh, we're going to like take it up so that it can go someplace else. But we're removing it from this part of the city, if that makes sense.