President Donald Trump announced he would deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and assume control of the city's police force.

Was this announcement a sign of creeping authoritarianism? A legitimate measure to combat crime in the nation's capital city? Or just a publicity stunt? Newsweek contributors David Faris and Mark Davis debate:

Deploying the National Guard to Washington D.C. is an unconscionable abuse of federal power and another worrisome signpost on our road to autocracy. Using the military to bring big, blue cities to heel, exactly as "alarmists" predicted during the 2024 campaign, isn't about a crisis in D.C.—violent crime is actually at a 30-year low . President Trump is, once again, testing the limits of his power, hoping to intimidate other cities into

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