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Last week, Trump announced the deployment of the National Guard across Washington, DC. So, in this video, we're taking a look at Trump's attempted takeover of the capital, what he's doing, why it's significant and what it means for the future.

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References:
Trump announces DC takeover:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

Fact-checking Trump’s DC crime claims:
https://jasher.substack.com/p/assessi...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us...
https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/19/nx-s1-...

Republican states sending National Guard to DC:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-...

DoD statement on National Guard role in DC:
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Sto...

National Guard have relatively little to do in DC:
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/54...
https://apnews.com/article/washington...
https://x.com/NickAtNews/status/19554...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...

Role of federal agents deployed in DC:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/l...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us...

DC Mayor Bowser’s relatively restrained response:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-bows...

Court battle over replacing MPD commissioner:
https://apnews.com/article/washington...

Trump wants to extend police takeover:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trum...

Trump could use DC as testing ground for other cities:
https://www.justsecurity.org/119227/t...

Trump’s general approach to Blue cities:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/17/po...

00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Background
04:30 - Trump's DC Announcement
06:43 - Response
07:53 - Sponsored Content