Trump news at a glance: president’s Washington DC takeover condemned | Trump administration
Donald Trump took control of the Washington DC police force and ordered the capital’s national guard in an extraordinary decision that bypassed elected leaders of the city.
The American president said that his actions were necessary to “save” Washington from a wave of anarchy – but the experts say that his representation of the crime is rooted there in false and deceptive claims.
“We are going to resume our capital,” said Trump, adding that he “would also get rid of slums”.
Trump warned that other major American cities with democratic leadership could be following, including Chicago. “I hope it looks at it.”
While he spoke, demonstrators against the move gathered in front of the White House, while DC officials qualified his illegal actions.
Here are the stories of American key policy of the day with a glance.
Trump takes control of the Washington DC police
Donald Trump ordered the National Guard to Washington DC and took control of the city’s police forces, describing a city “without law” in a way that is strongly in contradiction with official crime statistics.
The decision of the American president was quickly condemned as a “disgusting, dangerous and derogatory” attack against the political independence of a diversified racial city. Federal takeover should be in effect for 30 days, the White House confirmed to the Guardian.
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Trump announces a 90 -day break on Chinese prices
The president has again delayed the implementation of scanning prices on China, announcing another 90 -day break just a few hours before the expiration of the last agreement between the two largest world economies.
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Trump and Putin to discuss “the exchange of land” at the Ukrainian war summit
Donald Trump confirmed that he and Vladimir Putin will discuss “land exchange” when they meet in Alaska on Friday for a high challenges on the Ukraine Russian War. But the American president expressed his frustration with regard to Volodymyr Zelenskyy for having put conditions on such a potential agreement.
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Trump Tips Heritage Foundation Economist as a head of labor statistics
The president announced that he was appointed EJ Antoni, the chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The appointment comes after Trump dismissed the BLS commissioner Erika Mcentarfer, earlier this month, after the publication of a low job report he affirmed, without evidence, had been “rigged”.
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Gavin Newsom urges Trump to abandon the Redecipation effort in Texas
The Texas Democrats have once again hampered a republican effort to redesign the cards of the State Congress at the request of Donald Trump and the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, urged the president to withdraw and defuse the arms race for redistribution which has spread across the country. Enough Texas’ Democrats stayed outside the state on Monday to refuse the state legislature led by the Republicans the quorum necessary to proceed to the Congress of the desired Congress of Trump.
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The veterans agency has lost thousands of “basic” medical staff under Trump
The Veterans Department has lost Thousands of health professionals have deemed “core” to the capacity of the system to operate and “without which the critical mission work cannot be completed,” according to the agency’s files. The number of medical staff members at hand to treat veterans fell every month since Trump took office.
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