OC: Members of the National Guard deployed on National Mall in Washington, DC amid Trump's crackdown

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[u/Duelshock131]

The wonderful sight of my tax dollars doing nothing for me

[u/dburr10085 → u/Duelshock131]

Looking at another sub where they just mentioned that the national debt is now at a record 37 trillion so, I guess we have the extra money for nice things like this /s

[u/Logical-Selection979 → u/dburr10085]

I saw a report that 25% of our total debt was accumulated under TACO

[u/slowpoke2018 → u/Logical-Selection979]

Wasn't just Taco's first term? Does that count the extra $4T he just added?

[u/sarabeara12345678910 → u/slowpoke2018]

Pretty sure it was just the first term.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sea8340 → u/sarabeara12345678910]

I wonder what the updated metric is

[u/Bat-Eastern → u/Puzzleheaded-Sea8340]

He probably thinks he's running a surplus govt right now

[u/MoreCowbellllll → u/Bat-Eastern]

BILLION's OF DOLLARS ARE FLOWING IN, they are saying... to diaper donnie's pockets...

[u/etharper → u/MoreCowbellllll]

I read a report somewhere that apparently all the tariff money coming in is going into a system that doesn't seem to have checks and balances. No one seems to know where it's going.

[u/Ebella2323 → u/Logical-Selection979]

I just read that 40% of his wealth has been obtained since Jan. 20, so that checks out!

[u/Clarkelthekat → u/Ebella2323]

Which is basically 100% when you consider he was up to his eyeballs in debt before winning the presidency.

So he basically just amassed a new wealth as president on the Backs of every American.

[u/ihvnnm → u/Clarkelthekat]

Hey now, a lot of that money is foreign. What better way to make money, collect as much foreign currency while cheap, kill the American dollar, and bam, his valuation shoots up even more.

[u/GoneFishing4Chicks → u/ihvnnm]

Why are the words BRIBE and CORRUPTION just gone from American vernacular?? That's not "foreign money", those are BRIBES by FOREIGN NATIONS.

[u/g4nk3r → u/GoneFishing4Chicks]

"But he is such a smart businessman! I saw it on Fox, it has to be true!"

[u/trogon → u/Ebella2323]

I wonder if that includes his crypto scheme. I doubt we'll ever know about how much money he's got stashed away.

[u/mr_birkenblatt → u/Logical-Selection979]

Can't bankrupt a nation without accruing debt

[u/Thendofreason → u/dburr10085]

Republicans Always Always raise the debt. They cut off taxes to rich and spend like no tomorrow.

[u/Bombtek504 → u/Thendofreason]

It’s honestly diabolically genius. Blow money with no regard for future impact, accomplish what they want. By the time the bill becomes apparent it’s usually a Democratic POTUS. Then they blame them for the deficit and run on cutting it. Democrat spends the whole term fixing it and making progress but it’s not enough. Republican wins next election, rinse wash repeat.

[u/Thefrayedends → u/Bombtek504]

It's called cunning, it is a different kind of intelligence. It's not difficult to think of the concept of screwing people over, it just requires you not to care about the harm caused. For many, the harm caused is part of the payoff.

The right relies on visceral cunning, while the centrists rely on pragmatic intellectualism (often to the point of arrogance). The left relies on empathy and common cause.

[u/xiahbabi → u/Thefrayedends]

Your comment seriously needs more upvotes.

[u/OfficialDCShepard → u/Bombtek504]

The Twin Santa Claus Theory of Politics.

[u/the_cardfather → u/Thendofreason]

Yeah it's crazy. When I was younger my parents used to talk about tax and spend (Democrats). Now that I'm older I realize that Republicans are borrow and Spend.

DOGE was a joke as expected. One person's waste is another person's entitlement. That's why I think it's hilarious that he's bragging about all of these tariff dollars. Congrats your taxes on Americans raised 2% of the federal expenditures. So much winning.

[u/Linkbowler → u/the_cardfather]

Never understood that criticism. Tax and spend is the exact order it's supposed to happen.

[u/gsfgf → u/Linkbowler]

It's literally the purpose of the government. Levy taxes and spend that money.

[u/RoseMylk → u/dburr10085]

I wish news companies and articles would blast “national debt rises again” and list everything this admin did to increase

[u/lukewwilson → u/dburr10085]

Isn't everyday like a new record high of the national debt since like Clinton

[u/mitrie → u/lukewwilson]

Hey now, don't exaggerate. Dubya had finished out Q2 of 2001 with the debt declining before getting tax cuts through that erased the surplus and put us solidly into a deficit.

[u/Some_Ride1014 → u/mitrie]

Clinton left dubya with a surplus

[u/mitrie → u/Some_Ride1014]

That's the joke. Dubya had a surplus until he got his tax cuts passed. In the intervening time period the debt was falling, i.e. not record highs.

[u/Neven87 → u/lukewwilson]

Since the Bush tax cuts in 2001, yes.

[u/soapinthepeehole → u/lukewwilson]

Literally every second is a new record high of the national debt.

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

[u/Thefrayedends → u/soapinthepeehole]

Interesting site, though it seems to be crediting doggy with 600 billion in savings?

So for now I'm taking the whole site with a grain of salt.

But over 300k debt per taxpayer is absolutely insane.

[u/SentientFotoGeek → u/lukewwilson]

Clinton was the last president who actually had a budget surplus.

[u/bolerobell → u/SentientFotoGeek]

If we adopted the Clinton Tax Brackets again, we’d also get a tax surplus.

[u/SentientFotoGeek → u/bolerobell]

Approved by both parties no less...

[u/lrggg → u/lukewwilson]

Isn’t there some kind of debt clock? Like it’s some fucking high score? lol

[u/Timbalabim → u/Duelshock131]

These tax dollars are making things worse, and nobody who lives in DC asked for it because we all knew it was entirely unnecessary and just political theater.

[u/Simba7 → u/Timbalabim]

But people who don't live there told me it's a hell-hole of rampant crime and everyone saying it isn't is lying or delusional!?

Who do I believe, residents of a place, or people who profit off selling fear? I think it's obvious I go with the fear people. Ya know, just in case.

[u/GhostofAllDays → u/Simba7]

I've seen countless reels of DC at the moment and you'd think it was a former war-zone by the comments. Lots of "Nice to see the streets finally clean!" and "I feel so safe walking around now!" from people who haven't been and live nowhere near the district. Their little echo chamber spreads fast. 

[u/cubitoaequet → u/GhostofAllDays]

It's also weird how they generalize what is usually pretty localized crime to an entire metro area. People will take the worst block in Seattle and act like the entire city is like that and not actually mostly nice, safe, super boring neighborhoods full of regular families.

[u/biosc1 → u/cubitoaequet]

Same way they took the protests in LA and extrapolated it to the entire city. These folks are from such small towns, they can't imagine a city being bigger than a couple of blocks.

[u/Simba7 → u/GhostofAllDays]

Bots and bad actors.

[u/NeedleworkerNaive300 → u/Simba7]

Wait until you hear about what DC residents are doing with the dogs and cats and one goose.

[u/writingNICE → u/Duelshock131]

Taxation without representation you say?

[u/angleglj → u/writingNICE]

Taxation AND deportation, minuscule amounts of representation. It’s the Republican way.

[u/AlphaNoodlz → u/Duelshock131]

That’s the Republican way

[u/dobrodude → u/Duelshock131]

It's 'The Trump Show', and we're all paying for it.

Doesn't he realize all this bullshit is going away as soon as he's out of office?

[u/Grizmoh → u/dobrodude]

He promised this would be the last time anyone has to vote. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/us/politics/trump-christians-vote-ingraham.html

[u/ApoplecticApple → u/dobrodude]

He doesn’t plan on leaving. HIS team and the GOP doesn’t plan on him leaving.

[u/dobrodude → u/ApoplecticApple]

Father Time is undefeated.

[u/JockoV → u/dobrodude]

Father Time needs to hurry his ass up.

[u/Utaneus → u/JockoV]

So does the Kennedy curse

[u/dobrodude → u/JockoV]

I agree, yesterday would be fine by me.

[u/voicey → u/dobrodude]

Fascists never, ever just 'leave' office

[u/Sometimes_Wright → u/Duelshock131]

It's like I get that not all my tax dollars are going to work for me, but they should make someone's life better. It's not even making the NG lives better by having a job. They're probably losing money while not working their regular job.

[u/Oo__II__oO → u/Duelshock131]

Cost to deploy National Guard in L.A.: $134 Million

Cost to deploy National Guard in DC: $2.65 Million per day

Cost to Release the Epstein files: $0.00 Priceless

[u/Senior_Pension3112]

If they look in the Whitehouse I bet they will find a pedophile

[u/Sweatytubesock → u/Senior_Pension3112]

Also a relentless and brazen criminal in general, but also a pedo.

[u/Procrastanaseum → u/Sweatytubesock]

A rapist, criminal, traitor, and pedophile walk into a bar and the bartender says, “What’ll it be Mr. Trump?”

[u/pats9789 → u/Procrastanaseum]

🤣🤣🤣 I'm stealing this one

[u/Procrastanaseum → u/pats9789]

Go ahead, I did

[u/FetusExplosion → u/Procrastanaseum]

It's so ironic that of all the horrendous, heinous, immoral, , creepy, unethical, and illegal things Trump will do, drinking is supposedly not one of them.

[u/Tuxedo_Muffin → u/Senior_Pension3112]

I believe your estimate is too low.

a

just the one?

[u/FilmActor → u/Senior_Pension3112]

It’s more like a hive of them, or as I think the technical term is “a bed of pedos”

[u/BellowsHikes]

I ride my bike through the National Mall several times a week. The most dangerous thing you'll find there is a someone getting a little too eager during a game of flag football.

These Guard troops are going to be incredibly bored out there.

[u/Orange_Kid → u/BellowsHikes]

That's not true, if it hasn't rained in a couple days the dust from the walking paths can really sting the eyes.

[u/DoctorDinghus → u/Orange_Kid]

Oh goddammit are you now suggesting we need to bring in the army?

[u/Orange_Kid → u/DoctorDinghus]

Nothing silly like that, I'd just suggest we arm the national guardsmen with standard issue watering cans.

[u/AlexandraFromHere → u/Orange_Kid]

Sounds like a beautification and morale task. Water the ground. Paint some rocks. If they're still deployed when it snows, they can spray paint snow white so no one has to see that icky street grime color.

Thing is, we normally reserved those tasks for people who messed up and needed some help to be productive Airmen. These soldiers are being paid to intimidate an old man's fears and make weak-minded politicians feel like they're projecting strength.

[u/discussatron → u/BellowsHikes]

Trump will claim the lack of a problem is proof he fixed the problem.

[u/AsstacularSpiderman → u/discussatron]

He will round up a couple homeless people, bus them to NYC or something, and then claim he purged the city

[u/AwesomeExo → u/BellowsHikes]

At least DC is a cool climate where standing around in full military gear in the sun during the middle of the day definitely wouldn't be uncomfortable or even dangerous.

[u/drrj → u/AwesomeExo]

I ended up with water intoxication during a range day when it was about 95F and 70%+ humidity. It’s hard to balance everything out when you aren’t used to these types of days.

These boys are hurting for certain.

[u/a-borat]

Did Fuckstick-1 say anything about the CDC attack or the Minnesota representatives who were assasinated by his mentally-deficient supporters yet?

[u/merrysunshine2 → u/a-borat]

Still waiting for him to comment on the attack & murders of Minnesota lawmakers.

[u/pickleparty16 → u/merrysunshine2]

Didn't he use it as an opportunity to trash Walz?

[u/merrysunshine2 → u/pickleparty16]

Probably. In another timeline this would still be lead headlines; the attacker was just in court less than a week ago. Plead not guilty ofc

[u/HonorableMedic → u/merrysunshine2]

In another timeline, the ruling class starts treating the working class better after Mario’s brother talks some sense into some insurance company CEO

[u/merrysunshine2 → u/HonorableMedic]

in another timeline, so much of this wouldn’t have happened because Trump & his cronies would’ve been in jail bc of Jan 6.

[u/fusillade762 → u/pickleparty16]

Yes.

[u/Fried_puri → u/a-borat]

Not a word, because the shooter’s motive at the CDC was directly because of his Secretary of HHS (Kennedy’s) antivax rhetoric. 

[u/cliff99 → u/a-borat]

I live in Seattle, there are people here who have relatives who live elsewhere begging them to move because they think Seattle is burned to the ground and in the middle of a civil war, it's insane who much propaganda the far right swallows.

[u/RaedwaldRex → u/cliff99]

I never understood this. They could just literally go there and see it's bollocks.

[u/sbNXBbcUaDQfHLVUeyLx → u/RaedwaldRex]

They'll still see what they want to see.

[u/cakes28 → u/cliff99]

We lived in Chicago for years and recently moved back to our home state. The number of boomers that clutch their chests and exclaim “Thank god you made it out!” Is hilarious. Like they genuinely think we’re walking to the L with an AK-47 strapped to our back, dodging gunfire and shattered glass.

[u/AlphaGoldblum → u/cakes28]

Conservatives love to boast (I don't know what else to call it) about being terrified of various cities, and then they get mad when you call them cowards lol.

[u/Sp_1_ → u/AlphaGoldblum]

Over on the conservative sub I saw one guy spouting about how “all these liburls saying DC is safe are crazy and have never been there! They don’t know what it’s like here!!”

Click profile. All his state related posts are in Idaho.

They complain about cities they have never been to; seemingly “justified” to them because they saw it on newsmax. Yet testimony from people who live there doesn’t hold any weight.

[u/Sp_1_ → u/cakes28]

Moved to Chicago from DC. All those people who claimed last year that Chicago was a war zone and “idk how you live there and survive,” apparently were living in the same war zone and didn’t know?

Haven’t gotten to throw it back in anyone’s face yet. “Oh yeah I heard DC is a war zone? How do you survive?”

News flash. People street park range rovers in Chicago just like they do in DC.

[u/netizenbane → u/cakes28]

I was in Chicago for more than 12 years in four different neighborhoods, including a couple lower-income ones, and never had a single problem.

[u/TeslaPittsburgh → u/cliff99]

We had a couple summer vacations basically planned to take advantage of lower tourist interest courtesy the Bullshit Network.

Seattle was wonderful, as was San Francisco (and we enjoyed our trip to Alcatraz, just in case those idiots really do make it off limits again).

I'm hoping MAGA picks another wonderful destination to scare people from before our next trip-- we've already been to the "hellscape" of DC many times.

[u/2boredtocare → u/TeslaPittsburgh]

Chicago is wonderful!

[u/boris_keys → u/a-borat]

No, but he did pardon Jared Weiss, a guy who shouted “kill cops” during the January 6 riots and gave him a high level position in his justice department! It’s just all “shit directly into everyone’s mouth”-level blatant corruption at this point.

[u/No_Yogurtcloset_6670 → u/a-borat]

He did. He said he wouldn’t call Walz because he hates democrats.

[u/glopthrowawayaccount]

They're just these out of shape dudes pacing around tourist areas in the middle of the day. That isn't where crime is, that isn't the time crime happens, and those aren't the people to stop it. A drunk dude threw a sandwich at one of them and ran away in loafers and it took multiple feds half a block to catch him. They aren't sending their best.

I live here. Crime is lower than it has been and what we need is our cops, who sit in the bike lane playing on their phones and posting here, to do anything, not a bunch of feds trained to deal with drugs and gun rings and human trafficking to stand around tourist stops and check traffic. We already have more police per capita than any American city, more than NYC which is the largest police force in the country.

[u/south-of-the-river → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

All these people in the States with full arsenals in case of a tyrranical government emerging, but the only person prepared to stand up is armed with a sandwich

[u/MisterB78 → u/south-of-the-river]

Turns out the people with the arsenals have been conned into welcoming the tyranny

[u/tbl5048 → u/MisterB78]

Tread on them! Please!!

[u/Zwangsjacke → u/tbl5048]

Pls step on snek!

[u/SuperTittySprinkles → u/MisterB78]

Stores will sell guns to democrats too. Ask me how I know. Start buying if you’re worried. 

[u/spunkychickpea → u/MisterB78]

Not to disagree with you or anything, but I think the real issue is that the average American has zero critical thinking skills. These people see themselves as rugged individualists, and as one might expect, all of their concerns rest entirely on what happens to them directly. They’re not on the lookout for societal changes that could indirectly affect them, like poverty, food shortages, healthcare rationing, or crumbling infrastructure.

That said, there will likely be a very rude awakening for some of these people in the near future when Dear Leader orders the confiscation of privately held arms. At that point, the state’s wrath will be turned inward and it will be too late for these “rugged” individuals to change their ways and properly organize a resistance effort.

[u/MisterB78 → u/spunkychickpea]

Almost everyone is susceptible to misinformation. Hear a lie enough times and you believe it’s true.

There’s been a decades long misinformation campaign run against the conservatives in this country (who are often less educated, less diverse, and therefore easier to influence)

[u/Ok-Function1920 → u/MisterB78]

Yep, conservatives have had a propaganda machine installed for 30+ years, or whenever Fox News was conceived- now they have Newsmax and One America as well, and soon to be others… word is that CBS will be converted into yet another conservative propaganda machine which is why it is currently capitulating to Trump and his regime

[u/TuringC0mplete → u/spunkychickpea]

They’re also too short sighted to realize that all of this is going to impact them. All of the “it’ll never happen to me” keeps falling on more and more people. You saw it a lot with the flooding in Texas. There was one woman in particular who posted videos shitting on people in California during the wildfires and praising them not getting assistance just to then beg for it when her house was destroyed in the floods. They just don’t get it. Until something happens to them, they won’t realize.

[u/Beatleboy62 → u/TuringC0mplete]

For me it's all the guys saying in the event of true conflict they'd go "off the grid and wait for it to blow over"

Which sounds great until you're suddenly in the same spot as 50 guys in your area who had the same idea and now competing for resources. It only takes one heated conflict to turn violent and now being on your own in the wilderness doesn't sound that great.

They are the only people who exist in their bubbles.

[u/DeterrenceTheory → u/spunkychickpea]

You're right. I think this is a fascinating topic. The rugged individualist mindset is a foundational element of the division that is behind a lot of the problems in US.

A quick example: consider the idea of "living off the grid." It's well-known concept. But does it actually exist in the US? No, it's a fake concept here. You can't live off the grid anywhere in the US. Sure, you can live far away from others, but the only reason you can do that without, for example, behind invaded by warlords for your resources is because of our strong social systems.

We've convinced people that they can be rugged individualists, but they are ultimately dependent on the government. It's dangerous, because they end up voting against their own interests without realizing it.

[u/Poopardthecat → u/MisterB78]

That’s not entirely true. Every left wing person I know that’s not in a proper city is armed to the teeth. They  just don’t loudly proclaim their firearms like they’re an extension of their personality. 

[u/killertofu41 → u/south-of-the-river]

"He's got a pastrami on rye! Get 'em!"

[u/Throwawaylikeme90 → u/south-of-the-river]

Better than any Trump Presidential Medal Of Honor recipient IIRC. 

[u/Bigfops → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

Yep, this is 100% show of force. I'm sure there will be tons of arrests of people for resisting arrest but this is just like his limp military parade. Just a dictator dictating. I will say, seeing the quad-copters buzzing around was a bit disturbing.

[u/catlettuce → u/Bigfops]

A great way to keep tourists out of the capital for sure.

[u/allthecats → u/catlettuce]

Tourism to the US was already down everywhere this summer, now I can't imagine a single type of international person who would want to visit DC

[u/hatsnatcher23 → u/Bigfops]

I thought shows of force were supposed to be threatening, this guy looks like a bad soccer coach

[u/AwesomeExo → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

Having them on dark roads or in a park at 2 am, positioned in a place where crime might actually happen doesn't give them the photo op of them standing around in front of recognizable tourist attractions in broad daylight. It's almost like this, like all the shit he does, is to create propaganda and distract from the terrible things he's doing or has done in is rapey past.

[u/Sadpancake_03 → u/AwesomeExo]

plus, these dudes wouldn't have a chance on those dark road or a park at 2am

[u/Jafar_420 → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

Man back when I was in the Army I was stationed at Ft. Campbell and every summer national guard units would come train on post for a couple of weeks or whatever and you are correct a lot of them were definitely out of shape and didn't have their skills honed. Lol.

[u/Wiechu → u/Jafar_420]

lovely lady, who moved to switzerland from the US commented on the Swiss cops, i quote: 'those guys sure are fit. Never seen a fat one'. Been living here for 5 years and it's true, never saw a fat cop in Zurich. And those guys, although super friendly and helpful, are not to be messed with.

[u/Paranoidnl → u/Wiechu]

because european cops are actually trained and knowledgable. they don't need to "fear for their lives" at every corner so they can actually do some proper policing.

american cops are just bullies with a gun and a license to kill.

[u/Ronjohnturbo42 → u/Jafar_420]

In OIF we had a guard unit integrate into our shop for a plus up. First day the Master Sgt. Shows up to work with a pillow expecting to sleep during his shift.

[u/CondeBK → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

Meanwhile, Memphis, TN is rocking a murder rate of 40.3 per 100k residents. Yeah, sure, crime in some places, but none of them are NY, DC or LA. And they are gonna get ZERO help with any of it.

[u/chiclets5 → u/CondeBK]

But Tennessee is a red state. A whole bunch of red states have way more crime than any of the blue cities. But they want to keep their voters. They're only going after blue states obviously. Keep the faith guys! 💙💙

[u/hogtiedcantalope → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

A drunk dude threw a sandwich

An American patriot threw a freedom sandwich

Ftft

[u/MaChao20 → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

I know this is just 1 picture of a National Guardsman, but I thought there were fitness standards before PT and after PT and you are part of the NG?

I remember doing my research on it 10 years ago about the difference fitness tests between the different branches of the US Armed Forces.

[u/Aunt_Vagina1 → u/glopthrowawayaccount]

Curious.  What happened to the guy who threw the sandwich?  

[u/glopthrowawayaccount → u/Aunt_Vagina1]

Absolutely arrested but who knows after.

[u/jpiro]

I can't wait to see them stand around doing nothing and costing millions like they did in LA just so Trump can claim to have solved crime next month.

[u/exoFACTOR → u/jpiro]

They aren't doing nothing; they are normalizing the idea of trump deploying armed forces.

[u/jpiro → u/exoFACTOR]

Ok, doing nothing productive then.

[u/GeorgeKaplanIsReal → u/jpiro]

Unfortunately if you’re an authoritarian twat (like Trump), it’s very productive. As others have said the intention is to normalize this behavior. Gradually.

[u/SpaceBearSMO → u/GeorgeKaplanIsReal]

so every chance we get we (and particularly people with platforms) have to remind people how crazy this shit is

[u/brit_jam → u/exoFACTOR]

It's actually a little deeper than that. August 15th is the date Trump admin must legally release the Epstein files due to the law Democrats invoked on July 29. Trump is planning to not release those files and is preparing for the backlash.

[u/Rickerus → u/brit_jam]

What backlash would you expect exactly? Something similar to the backlash that occurred when he was found guilty of rape? Or became a convicted felon? Or stole, and refused to return, boxes of highly classified documents? They will ignore the date and exactly nothing will happen.

[u/bbrilowski → u/exoFACTOR]

trump is normalizing the idea of trump deploying armed forces... the armed forces are just listening to their CO

[u/exoFACTOR → u/bbrilowski]

[u/Turbulent-Adagio-541 → u/jpiro]

Just like his parade costing millions

[u/Jafar_420 → u/jpiro]

Yeah he'll have some fake numbers along with a fake jobs report. This dude just said yesterday that prices are down on everything and I just wanted to be able to ask him where...

[u/teddyreddit]

Deployed on the Mall? For what? Are they afraid someone may walk on freshly-planted grass or something?

[u/FreshBert → u/teddyreddit]

Probably so that they can get lots of professional photos taken of guardsmen near national monuments to put in Trump's one-page daily brief and tell him his harebrained scheme is actually doing something.

[u/senator_corleone3 → u/FreshBert]

Creating pictures that he can look at and clap his hands.

[u/OnTheCanRightNow → u/teddyreddit]

Trump is working on normalizing the military occupation of American cities. To do that the deployments have to be as public as possible, which means the national mall.

Why do you suppose Trump would be willing to spend a ton of money and political capital on normalizing the military occupation of American cities?

[u/altiif]

Trump’s a pedophile. Release the Epstein files!

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq Jeffrey Epstein and Israel have both have the same lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Dershowitz says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on international stage | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

—————————other Trump information:

Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY?si=vBs75kaxPjJJThka

Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

Feel free to do your part and spread them around like a meme sharing the info so it is never “lost”.

[u/Minjaben → u/altiif]

Upvote it higher!

[u/Altered_Piece → u/altiif]

Thank you for always posting. I will do my part

[u/JamesKPolk130]

crackdown on what?

[u/Tsk201409 → u/JamesKPolk130]

Democracy

[u/dopplegrangus → u/Tsk201409]

That pesky freedom

[u/pickleparty16 → u/JamesKPolk130]

Trump basically just loves power. He loves the thrill of giving an order and thousands of people getting into motion because of it. Guys with guns standing around, military vehicles rolling down the streets. He can sit in bed and watch it all unfold on TV because he said to do it.

Thats really it.

[u/senator_corleone3 → u/pickleparty16]

Exactly. He thinks he is playing with his toys.

[u/K-Shrizzle]

I hope they arrest the child sex trafficker on Pennysylvania Ave

[u/DoBe21]

On The National Mall? That's got to be the most "standing around" of any "standing around" job on the planet.

[u/twangy718 → u/DoBe21]

I guess that’s where all the criming is… /s. the National Mall falls under the National Parks Service, not DC Metro, but who needs facts when a convicted fascist conman is selling hate and and fear 25/8, amirite?!

[u/wjames0394]

Where were they January 6.

[u/BringBackBoshi → u/wjames0394]

They weren't called even when Trump was advised to by multiple people.

[u/krichard-21]

💯 percent for show. The National Mall is already very secure.

My condolences to the National Guard stuck in Washington DC in August.

Hot, sweaty, and pointless...

All to promote a wannabe dictator...

[u/Dreadmaker → u/krichard-21]

You shouldn’t call him a wannabe dictator.

He is a literal dictator who is successfully implementing fascism with exactly no boundaries. There is no democratic process to any of the things he’s been implementing. You have a dictator.

[u/kalamataCrunch → u/krichard-21]

this is not for show, it's calculated normalization of presidential authority to order military actions against u.s. citizens on u.s. soil.

[u/ssshield]

Fascism

[u/bent-wookiee → u/ssshield]

With a dash of dystopia

[u/Tricky-Engineering59 → u/bent-wookiee]

A pretty heavy handed dash for sure.

[u/Phantom_61]

And from on scene reports online. They’re just standing around as DC is in a 30 year crime rate drop.

This was never about crime, it was about prepping to keep from being removed from office in 1-3 years.

[u/dylanthegrower → u/Phantom_61]

As someone who served in the National Guard, I can tell you those folks won’t stand in the way when things go south. They care more about their own families than propping up some wannabe dictator.

[u/Ice_Solid → u/dylanthegrower]

I hope they would turn on the wannabe and dictator.

[u/Valkyriesride1 → u/Ice_Solid]

They swore an oath to the Constitution, not a president. It is their duty to fight against a wannabe dictator.

[u/rbrgr83 → u/dylanthegrower]

I had that same opinion about a lot of people who had the power to step up and stop things. It's yet to happen at any phase, so forgive me if I don't believe that this is going to be the line.

[u/GroguIsMyBrogu → u/Phantom_61]

Nothing would turn me against a dude faster than having to stand around the Washington Mall all day in August. It's hot (and humid) as heeeeell

[u/rgumai]

Put where they can truly shine: The safest part of town.

[u/d1stor7ed]

This is such a low point for the US. I hope everyone can see that and understands it. When a nation's citizens have to fear its military, its pretty much the worst situation.

[u/niberungvalesti → u/d1stor7ed]

All this because the electorate chose fear and hatred over qualified leadership. We got more warnings than most countries that this Trump2 Presidency would be exactly what it is turning out to be: an exercise in dictatorship.

[u/OutlawJoeC]

I visited our nation’s capital during Trump’s first term as the wife and I were on a big history kick. We did all the museums and monuments we could. I was surprised to find how peaceful the area was in spite of the crowds.

I can’t imagine having that same peaceful atmosphere with military personnel standing guard like the city was under an occupying force.

[u/edoreinn → u/OutlawJoeC]

The city is under an occupying force.

[u/Sonikku_a]

They are trying to normalize federal troops acting as police in our cities, and it is absolutely disgusting.

“Don’t tread on me”? Please. If Obama or Biden had deployed the National Guard and taken over the police in Houston or Tallahassee or whatever the Republicans would have lost their damned minds—and rightly so.

[u/teleheaddawgfan]

Anyone posted up at the Georgetown Haagan Daz?

[u/nbcnews]

National Guard troops began deploying in Washington, D.C., yesterday, with some joining city police last night. The full contingent of 800 troops is expected to be operational by the end of the week.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with the district’s police chief, met yesterday with Attorney General Pam Bondi and said she will make the most of federal help that she says she’s powerless to refuse.

More here: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-national-guard-redistricting-tariffs-gaza-russia-live-updates-rcna224177

[u/phunkydroid → u/nbcnews]

she says she’s powerless to refuse.

She should continue to publicly state that this is completely unnecessary.

[u/Scrutinizer]

Yes, because there are bands of criminals just patrolling the National Mall. I feel so much safer now.

[u/Brilliant_Raise8576]

More government waste lol

[u/Aust1mh]

"land of the free" looks like a police state from the outside. Thank God I still live on planet earth where the rule of law remains a thing.

[u/catlettuce → u/Aust1mh]

It is a police state.

[u/BigMax]

You KNOW this isn't for crime or safety in ANY way whatsoever by this picture.

The area around the monuments is absolutely, perfectly safe, 24 hours a day. I have been there plenty of times at all hours, and it's just fine.

DC does have some tougher areas like any city... but this is NOT one of them. There is zero reason to have the national guard right there.

[u/tvtoms]

RELEASE BEST FRIEND EPSTEIN FILES!

[u/friskevision]

I’m glad we’re stiffing the homeless, sick, and teachers for this.

[u/ninfan1977]

So this is another dark mark in US history the military deployed to get rid of homeless people.

Great job Americans you fell for a Con man, and now you are goosestepping towards authoritarianism

[u/TheBeardedWelshman79]

Looks like he's past the Gravy Seals selection.

[u/sharkbait_oohaha → u/TheBeardedWelshman79]

National guard? More like national lard

[u/Soulphite → u/TheBeardedWelshman79]

Meal Team Six en route!

[u/sixheadedbacon]

Can you believe these Dems with their governmental overreach?

Republicans need to retake the presidency, house and senate to end this Big Government Wasteful Spending. All the Dems do is tax and spend, tax and spend on - all for these big government unnecessary deployments.

[u/GB715]

Release the Epstein files.

[u/Abject-Pair-9814]

Everyone saying they’re doing nothing, Yall don’t realize they will be doing plenty soon enough. You don’t just call up the natl guard for shits and giggles. Trump(heritage) has a very disturbing plan ahead

[u/DeepSubmerge]

I bet it’s less expensive to just actually provide healthcare and homes to people.

[u/wookiewin]

So what crimes have they stopped yet? I have only see a lot of posturing and standing around so far.

[u/DonNemo]

GOP is a question: grifter or pedo?

[u/catlettuce → u/DonNemo]

[u/jabe25]

Release the Epstein List.

[u/jbcatl]

Tourist: I'm here to see the Constitution.

National Guard: I'm here to violate the Constitution.

[u/Trul]

Guarding them donuts

[u/2u3e9v]

When the fuck has it been dangerous near the National mall? Get fucked, Donny.

[u/jiggythejigsaw]

Reminds me of all the major tourist attractions after the 9/11 attacks.