‘They’re Rough Police’: Trump Hails Foreign Cops, Declares DC Police Will Now Be Able to ‘Do Whatever the Hell They Want!’

Ahmad Austin Jr. Aug 11th, 2025, 11:58 am

President Donald Trump on Monday praised the “rough” treatment by foreign police departments and suggested Washington, D.C.’s law enforcement will soon follow suit.

The president held a press conference Monday morning to announce the deployment of the National Guard in the nation’s capital in an effort to reduce crime. Additionally, D.C.’s local police force was place under federal control.

With the move, Trump said, police would be able to “do whatever the hell they want”:

Just this past weekend, gunfire went through, and you saw that [at] the Navy Yard. I saw it this morning. I saw that they fought back against —

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