President Donald Trump’s military occupation of Washington continues to descend into an embarrassing farce with failed prosecutions and National Guard members stuck on trash cleanup duty.

On Tuesday, Trump said that the occupation was proof that, like a dictator, he can do “anything” he wants and that he intends to dispatch the National Guard and other federal law enforcement to other states. Similarly, his administration has said that his actions are justified because of a purported “crime emergency.”

But as Trump was touting his actions, video emerged of the National Guard members picking up trash, dressed in full fatigues and safety vests in Lafayette Park next to the White House.

The tranquil scene reinforces the fact that crime in the nation’s capital dropped to a 30-year low in 20

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