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Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

Trump’s Plan to Remake Washington DC; Kash Patel Confirmed as Head of the FBI

Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

The Epoch Times

Government, Education

4.9594 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump has a new plan for the District of Columbia, and is suggesting the federal government should take over the nation’s capital. His plan is a counter to those who believe it should, instead, be granted statehood. And in other news, Kash Patel has now been confirmed as the new director of the FBI.

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0:00.0

President Donald Trump has a new plan for Washington, D.C. He's suggesting the federal government

0:06.2

should take the nation's capital. Also, meanwhile, Cash Patel has been confirmed as the new

0:12.8

head of the FBI. And also, Trump has not ordered to stop the taxpayer dollars being used

0:18.7

on programs for illegal immigrants in open borders.

0:21.5

He signed an executive order to, quote, ensure taxpayer resources are not used to incentivize or

0:29.2

support illegal immigration. I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip,

0:34.4

and you're listening to Crossroads.

0:45.0

President Donald Trump has a plan for Washington, D.C.

0:50.5

He's suggesting the federal government should take the nation's capital and basically control it.

0:54.6

His plan is a counter to the others who believe it should instead be given to,hood. Now look, we've seen Trump's plans to make Canada the 51st state, to take Greenland,

1:02.3

to bring the Panama Canal back under U.S. control, and to turn Gaza into the Riviera of the

1:08.4

Middle East. But now Donald Trump has his sights elsewhere,

1:11.6

and he's suggesting the nation's capital,

1:14.6

Washington, D.C. should be controlled by the federal government.

1:17.6

Now, he made these comments to reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday.

1:22.6

I think that we should govern this district of Colombia

1:25.6

and so important the D.C. situation. I think that we should govern District of Columbia and so important the DC situation.

1:28.3

I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order,

1:33.3

make it absolutely flawlessly beautiful, and I think we should take over Washington, D.C., make it safe.

1:40.3

People are getting killed, people are being hurt. You have great police department there,

1:45.4

but somehow they're not utilized properly. We should govern D.C. I think the federal government

1:51.1

should take over the governance of D.C. and run it. As you might imagine, not everybody agrees

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