Trump Takes D.C. Back!
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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4.9 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
1. Federal Control of D.C. Police
- Trump invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act to place the D.C. police under federal control.
- He declared a public safety emergency, citing high crime rates including murder, carjackings, and assaults.
- Additional measures included:
- Reassigning FBI agents to nighttime patrols.
- Deploying the National Guard.
- Appointing a federal commissioner for the D.C. police.
2. Legal Justification
- The podcast outlines constitutional and statutory authority for Trump’s actions:
- Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution.
- D.C. Code Section 49-49 and the 1973 Home Rule Act.
- Reference to Posse Comitatus Act and DOJ opinions that D.C. is legally distinct from other cities.
3. Criticism of Democrats and Media
- Hosts argue that Democrats and mainstream media are unfairly criticizing Trump’s actions.
- They claim Democrats oppose law enforcement and support policies that increase crime (e.g., no cash bail).
- The podcast accuses the media of misrepresenting Trump’s actions as dictatorial.
4. Military Action Against Drug Cartels
- Trump reportedly authorized military force against cartels like MS-13 and Cartel de los Soles.
- The move is compared to Plan Colombia, a U.S. military initiative under President George W. Bush.
- The podcast suggests this could be a turning point in combating drug-related violence and trafficking.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.2 | Donald Trump promised all Americans, no matter where you lived, even in a liberal city, |
| 0:10.9 | that he was going to do everything in his power to keep you safe. |
| 0:14.3 | He also said he was going to crack down on drugs, cartels, naming them terrorist organizations, |
| 0:20.1 | and stopping the flow of illegal immigrants across |
| 0:23.0 | the southern border. The president is making good on all of those promises. And now there's a new |
| 0:29.2 | one, and it's making liberals lose their mind. The president invoked section 740 of the District of |
| 0:37.2 | Columbia Home Rule Act, allowing him to take over |
| 0:41.5 | the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard under declaration of a |
| 0:46.9 | public safety emergency. Democrats, of course, are angry that the President of United States of |
| 0:52.8 | America may actually save lives, get drugs off the streets, and restore law and order to our nation's capital. |
| 0:59.0 | So what are they doing? They're saying this is what a dictator and a tyrant would do. |
| 1:04.5 | Yes, Democrats are so unhinged now. They're claiming that as the president's trying to save lives, that he's somehow a dictator. |
| 1:12.8 | Now, the scale of the deployment will be up to 800 National Guard troops and around 500 |
| 1:19.0 | federal law enforcement personnel, including over 100 FBI agents, plus members from the DEA, |
| 1:26.3 | the ATF, ICE, and U.S. Marshals. |
| 1:29.7 | They're all being deployed to patrol the streets in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:34.1 | Trump's justification? Very simple. |
| 1:36.9 | He described the city as descending into chaos, using words like bloodshed, to frame the intervention |
| 1:42.5 | as a liberation day. He warned similar federal actions |
| 1:48.2 | could extend to other big cities such as New York and Los Angeles. Now, what is the crime data |
| 1:54.6 | show? It actually shows, thank goodness, that violent crime across the country is coming down. Why? Because |
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