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‘We are trending towards martial law’: Former Trump official slams National Guard deployment to DC
MSNBC· 2025-08-23 13:17
President Trump's military presence in Washington DC continues to escalate with the defense secretary Pete Hexath confirming that National Guard troops deployed in the capital will now be armed and authorized to carry out local law enforcement duties. His justification, a single post on social media calling the move common sense. And Trump himself is making clear this deployment may not end anytime soon.In fact, he's floated keeping troops in DC indefinitely and even suggested other cities could soon be nex ...
Trump says he may declare a national emergency to keep troops in Washington
NBC News· 2025-08-22 18:21
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. >> THIS MORNING THAT YOU'RE. >> WORKING WITH.CONGRESS TO. >> GET $2 BILLION. >> TO HELP CLEAN UP D.C. >> HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH MIKE JOHNSON AND JOHN THUNE ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT MONEY FROM. >> WHICH MONEY.>> YOU SAID THIS MORNING, YOU'RE GOING TO GET $2. >> BILLION. >> FROM CONGRESS TO HELP CLEAN UP.>> YEAH, I'VE SPOKEN TO MIKE JOHNSON. I'VE SPOKEN TO JOHN THUNE, THE SENATE, THE HOUSE. AND, UH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EASY TO GET. IT'S, UH, IT'S GO ...
Trump says he will seek a legislative extension to federal takeover of D.C.
NBC News· 2025-08-13 16:45
Thank you, Mr. . President. Your federalization of the police has a 30-day limit unless Congress acts to extend it.Are you talking to Congress about extending it, or do you believe 30 days is sufficient. >> Well, if it's a national emergency, we can do it without Congress, but we expect to be to Congress before Congress uh very quickly. And again, we think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously.So, we're going to need a crime bill uh that ...
'Go to Congress': Trump can't impose tariffs on his own, says attorney
MSNBC· 2025-07-31 14:24
and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years. But it is not going to happen anymore. It's not going to happen.In a few moments, I will sign a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. That was President Trump back in April revealing his plan for reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world on what he called Liberation Day. In Washington today, lawyers will be defending a decision in May against those tariffs.Earlier this year, the US Cour ...