Trump's takeover of the D.C. police.
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 818 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On August 11, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum mobilizing the District of Columbia National Guard to Washington, D.C. and an executive order placing the city’s police department under federal control. Approximately 800 D.C. National Guard troops were deployed to the city after the announcements. The president said he intended to restore public safety in the capital because the local government had “lost control” of crime. Trump also suggested that he would consider similar actions in other U.S. cities.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Tangle. |
| 0:09.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:27.2 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about Donald Trump's moves in Washington, D.C. to activate the National Guard and try and take over the local police force. |
| 0:38.7 | We're going to talk about exactly what problem he claims to be trying to address |
| 0:42.3 | and what this means legally, what might come down the road for Washington, D.C. in the future, |
| 0:49.6 | and some views from the left and the right, and of course, my take. |
| 0:53.0 | Before you jump into the main story, though, I want to give you a quick reminder that last week we published our longest and |
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| 1:25.8 | newsletter. All right, with that, I'm going to send it over to Will for today's main topic, and I'll be back for my take. |
| 1:35.3 | Thanks, Isaac. All right, let's get into today's quick hits. |
| 1:40.3 | Number one, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky |
| 1:45.3 | met at the White House to discuss a potential deal to end the war in Ukraine. President Trump also |
| 1:51.6 | pushed for a trilateral meeting with Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
| 1:57.5 | Number two, Hamas agreed to a Qatari and Egyptian proposed ceasefire agreement that reportedly |
| 2:03.6 | includes a 60-day pause in fighting, Hamas' release of 10 live hostages and 18 deceased hostages, |
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