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Originally Posted by Atocep
I'm not downplaying this, because it's clear what his intent is, but he's actually fairly limited in what he can do. For the DC police he can direct them to guard federal property and that's really it. That's what he's doing.
For the national guard, it's not clear what the limits are and it hasn't been tested in court.
The reality is this is more of the typical Trump bluster and distraction that won't really have much of a direct impact but will test the courts for what can be done in the future.
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IMO the problem is until such time as the courts do decide what can and can not be done, what limits are and are not there, Trump is fairly unlimited in what he can do. That is and has been the game plan all along.
If he can declare a public safety emergency because a 19 year former DOGE staffer who now works for the SSA and goes by the nickname of "Big Balls" was the victim of an attempted carjacking that occurred at 3am on a Tuesday morning despite the fact the attempted carjacking was stopped because a MPD cruiser turned down the block and arrested two of the suspects. If he can declare a public safety emergency based on that info, surely he can tell the DC police and the national guard to do more than he is allowed to do under the law and just wait for some court to tell he can't do it and decide if he is going to listen or not.