Trump II, the digital Caligula, filled the streets of Washington, D.C. with National Guard members to fight crime and eliminate the blight of slums and homelessness. His logic was to make D.C. a better place for commerce for locals and tourists. That has not translated into restaurant business, which has fallen substantially:
Research by Open Table found that restaurant attendance was down every day last week compared with 2024, with the number of diners dipping by 31% on Wednesday, two days after Trump ordered the national guard to patrol Washington.Trump is after "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people." The National Guard may be the wrong tool given their limitations on arresting, processing and prosecuting local crime. Police and social workers with access to programs are a more appropriate and targeted solution. That matters not to Trump, the Savage Whimmer.
Red Team Governors are sending National Guard troops to D.C. as we begin the height of the hurricane season. NOAA predicted 3-5 major hurricanes which surely will need National Guard support if they strike the continental U.S.
Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina have all suffered greatly in the aftermath of major hurricanes. Their governors may earn Trump points but the public might not be so forgiving if critical assets are not available in a hurricane's aftermath.
Trump is a vortex in himself, subsuming all in his path, taking anything he deems valuable, denigrating the fleeced, then crowing about all he did to achieve an outcome only he can see. Reality is a completely separate world. Unfortunately, the U.S. Presidency gives him significant power to mow down anything blocking his path.
The "Just Us" Department, Congress and the Supremes were subsumed some time ago and are of no help in dealing with Himicaine Trump. The sad part is those guys live there and can see with their two eyes what is happening.
