Trump Invades D.C.: National Guard Deployed as Fascism Accelerates

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Mary Trump Media

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4.8 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Donald’s deployment of the National Guard to D.C. isn’t about crime—it’s about consolidating power. We unpack how this calculated move fits the authoritarian playbook, why America’s institutions are caving, and what history tells us about leaders who militarize civilian spaces. The slide into fascism isn’t coming—it’s here.

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0:00.0	Hi there. I'm off this week.
0:04.6	Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday.
0:12.1	So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development.
0:22.4	Yours calling.
0:24.2	Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday.
0:29.1	Atoll protected.
0:43.3	Welcome to Democracy-ish. I'm Danielle Moody. And I'm with Jatli. And pardon us for a delay, folks. It's vacation time. I promise I'm not trapped in some dungeon or cell anywhere. I'm blinking twice to make sure I'm happy.
0:57.3	And thankfully, neither Daniel and are in Washington,
1:00.8	DC, the nation's capital, which despite having a record low
1:05.1	in crime, Daniel, today did you know, is Liberation Day.
1:09.1	But Donald Trump is so old, he forgot there.
1:11.7	He already declared Liberation Day for his failed trade war.
1:14.9	So today is Liberation Day 2, Electric Bugaloo.
1:18.0	Do you feel safe?
1:20.1	No.
1:20.7	And, you know, I'll say this.
1:22.7	I did a substack over the weekend where I wrote about the fact that I'm away,
1:30.0	wages away as well.
1:31.7	And I said,
1:32.7	you really get a different perspective of America when you are away.
1:38.7	And I will say that it's one thing to live constantly in this barrage of fuckery every single day.
1:46.8	It is another thing to then look at it through a lens.
	...

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