As Trump targets cities post-D.C. takeover, he’s only looking for ‘blue’ crime

President Donald Trump invoked a decades-old law to federalize Washington, D.C.’s police department. Photo from the White House

President Donald Trump’s take-over of the Washington, D.C., police and the deployment of the National Guard there are political power moves that he made clear on Monday he will not hesitate to use on other cities.

Let’s be clear — probably on other democratic-leaning cities. Because Trump doesn’t see plain old crime; he sees blue crime, only.

Part of this excessive action is Trump needing to generate a distraction, to turn the focus away from his negative approval ratings, voters’ dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy, his political base’s rebellion over the Jeffrey Epstein case, stubborn inflation and unpopular cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Wha