The Issue: President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, DC, to curb crime.
President Trump is an absolute genius (“Historic rescue for DC,” Aug. 12).
Since the left has to be against anything he does, the insane Democrats now find themselves on the side of the carjackers, gangbangers and street thugs in Washington, DC.
Word on the street is that Michelle and Barack Obama are very concerned about Trump’s actions as they observe the shenanigans from their lily-white neighborhood on Nantucket.
Jake McNicholas
Whitestone
The president has had enough of lawbreakers in the capital.
It’s time to take back control of the city from criminals who terrorize its citizens.
Trump has created a template for combating crime.
New York and Chicago should take notice, along with a few other cities who let lawbreakers rule the streets with hard-working people living in fear of being victims of violent crime.
Joseph Comperchio
Brooklyn
I love these “Free DC” protests in Washington, organized by groups that receive dark money from the Soros “philanthropies” and other left-leaning groups that resent the United States and want to see it destroyed.
Today’s protesters are nothing but useful idiots.
It’s the only way to describe people who protest against controlling crime.
Mindy Rader
New City
I applaud President Trump’s measures to crack down on crime in Washington, DC, but this show of force will only be temporarily effective if recidivism isn’t addressed.
You can arrest every single bad guy in DC, but if the courts turn them loose, you’ll be right back where you started.
It seems like a pretty simple solution to incarcerate the people who repeatedly commit crimes, but lax laws and liberal judges work against this common-sense notion.
This stupidity is not unique to DC, and until judicial reform is adopted in crime-plagued cities, we will continue the inane cycle of putting incorrigible people through a broken system over and over again.
Thomas Urban
Wantagh
Trump’s dirty restaurant analogy is a sound one.
If Washington’s streets and public places are unkempt and unsafe, who will want to go there?
There are unparalleled architectural and historical sites, museums and world-class restaurants.
Until people can return in peace to visit and enjoy them, the task will not be complete.
Ira Cohen
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
As long as there are liberal judges, prosecutors, politicians and voters who don’t believe in accountability, consequences and punishment for criminals, crime will flourish.
The ultimate injustice is protecting criminals at the expense of victims.
Liberals who aim to defund and handcuff the police bear enormous responsibility for crime and anarchy in our cities.
President Trump is doing what liberals are unwilling to do: protecting the people of Washington, DC.
Joe Zeloof
Hamilton, NJ
Finally, we have a president who won’t be oblivious to the general breakdown of law and order in our big cities.
His takeover of the DC police department and activation of the National Guard to back it up are positive steps toward restoring safety to the District of Columbia.
It won’t be long before the clueless loonies hoot and holler about this action.
When they do, we need to remember this: Whatever Trump does, whatever he says, the hapless left will always, without exception, react in a negative fashion without providing an ounce of a remedy.
Frank Olivieri
North Ft. Myers, Fla.
When President Trump gleefully told the nation that DC police officers and National Guard troopers will now be allowed to “do whatever the hell they want,” did he mean that he is authorizing them to stand in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue and shoot somebody?
Richard Siegelman
Plainview
Too bad Trump can’t “free” other crime-ridden cities like Chicago, San Francisco and New York.
The Democrats are hallucinating as usual.
They think all is well when it’s not.
Brenda Hodgkiss
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
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