Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump needing Congress for his D.C. move.

So, Trump has moved to take control of the D.C. Police Department and deploy the National Guard,

as well as taking additional federal law enforcement off their

duties to focus on the emergency of addressing the lowest crime rates in 30 years in D.C. Much like his

unnecessary deployment in California that is currently being debated in court, this seems to be more of a made-for-TV publicity

move than anything else. It reportedly began because Trump saw poor people while being chauffered to a

golf course. Trump indicated he might ask Congress for long-term control of the police department.

The statute that authorizes the current action only allows for 30 days.

The kind of bizarre part is that Trump seemed to acknowledge the limited nature of his ability to

move poor people and disrupt the policies that led to record

low crime rates, and I guess arrest a man for throwing a sandwich. He said, quote,

we're going to need a crime bill that we're going to be putting in, and it's going to

pertain initially to D.C. We're going to use putting in, and it's going to pertain initially to DC. We're going to use it

as a very positive example, and we're going to be asking for extensions on that, long-term extensions,

because we can't have 30 days. It's honestly kind of weird to see him have a clear understanding of the laws,

and even wilder to see him seem to be willing to abide by them. Oh, wait, never mind.

He followed it up with. If it's a national emergency, we can do it without Congress.

He also mentioned doing it to other cities, and he named a few.

The problem, of course, in naming his favorite targets, he showed this is political and not data

driven. He said, quote, we're going to go for statutes in D.C. and then ultimately for the rest of the country,

where that's not going to be allowed. He suggested New York, Chicago, and L.A. The problem for him

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