President Trump announced a historic escalation of law enforcement in DC on Monday, deploying the National Guard to patrol the streets and placing the city’s police department under federal control. “We’re going to clean it up real quick,” Trump told reporters at the White House, noting the high crime rate in the nation’s capital and the Aug. 3 attack on a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer trying to stop an attempted carjacking by 10 teens. “You spit, and we hit,” Trump said in describing how cops will respond to those who fight back against the law under the newly-established “public safety emergency.”

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