President Donald Trump’s militarized crime crackdown in Washington, DC, is a clarifying political moment.

It’s again exposed Democrats’ struggles to combat Trump’s hardline law-and-order rhetoric and splits within their party that the president exploited to win two elections. Party leaders who keep citing statistics showing crime coming down are hardly consoling residents of a relatively small city that has seen 100 homicides this year.

Trump might be better at recognizing fears of violent crime. But as usual, he’s adopted an extreme position, declaring a state of emergency when one doesn’t exist. He has few ideas to tackle the underlying causes of crime. He demonizes the homeless , but his economic policies could make the problem worse. Like his peace deals and trade agreements, hi

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