President Trump is molding D.C. into his own personal Epcot — a political theme park where troops keep the peace, the White House glitters like Mar-a-Lago and museums answer to MAGA.

Why it matters: No president has asserted such direct and sweeping control over the nation's capital. With America's 250th anniversary coming next year, Trump has claimed dominion over D.C.'s crime, culture, cleanliness — even its rats.

State of play: Trump's pressure campaign against D.C. leadership culminated this month in the declaration of a crime emergency and the deployment of over 2,000 National Guard troops, some of which are now carrying firearms. • Up next: Trump plans to ask Congress for $2 billion to "beautify" D.C. — eyeing a massive facelift for the city's parks, fountains, streetlights, road

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