Calls for Trump’s impeachment after “evil” announcement
Donald Trump’s latest plan to “clean up” Washington, D.C. has ignited political uproar, drawing condemnation from city leaders, civil rights groups, and online critics — and even sparking renewed calls for impeachment.
On Monday, Trump announced a month-long federal takeover of D.C.’s police, deploying 800 National Guard troops and ordering all homeless encampments to “move out IMMEDIATELY.” “Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World,” he wrote on Truth Social, vowing it “will soon be that again.”
At a White House briefing, Trump said police should have “free rein” when met with resistance: “You spit, and we hit, and they can hit real hard.” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called the move “unsettling and unprecedented,” noting it was not requested by her administration.
Critics warn the action could set a precedent for unilateral control in other cities, fueling accusations of authoritarian rule.
