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Tune in for this Morning Joe segment with Jonathan Lemire, Mike Barnicle and Helene Cooper, the New York Times' Pentagon correspondent, as they discuss President Donald Trump deploying the D.C. National Guard in the nation’s capital and placing D.C.’s police department “under direct federal control,” citing a public safety emergency. “Part of it is performance art from the President of the United States. It fits his personality—that he can do this, that he can insert uniformed troops of the United States government on to city streets,” says Barnicle. But what are the ramifications? Is this federal overreach? Watch the conversation here.
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Tune in for this Morning Joe segment with Jonathan Lemire, Mike Barnicle and Helene Cooper, the New York Times' Pentagon correspondent, as they discuss President Donald Trump deploying the D.C. National Guard in the nation’s capital and placing D.C.’s police department “under direct federal control,” citing a public safety emergency. “Part of it is performance art from the President of the United States. It fits his personality—that he can do this, that he can insert uniformed troops of the United States government on to city streets,” says Barnicle. But what are the ramifications? Is this federal overreach? Watch the conversation here.
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