This is not the distraction from the Epstein files he thinks it is.
Also, he needs them to go to war with Venezuela and Iran.
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It's a distraction from the supreme court making him do it
Worried about those poll numbers Trumbo?
What a pussy ass bitch
TACO
“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact,”
A) They were never deployed in the first place and 2) They weren't allowed to do law enforcement at all.
But he marched them up to the top of the hill, and he marched them down again.
What a petty tinpot despot.
Real "you can't fire me - I quit!" vibes.
The reduction in crime in Chicago is attributed to a combination of expanded community violence intervention (CVI) programs, strategic policing changes, and targeted social investments by the city and its partners. Experts also note the decline is part of a broader national trend, which suggests wider social and institutional factors may be at play. [sauce](Source: City of Chicago (.gov) https://share.google/LhxIrWqeFV2afl6Ih)
Key factors and initiatives cited by city officials, community leaders, and criminologists include:
Community Violence Intervention and Social Services[sauce](Source: Vera Institute https://share.google/jeI8zVxBejY6l9uds)
Violence Prevention Programs: The expansion of CVI programs, which employ community members (often formerly incarcerated individuals) as "peacekeepers" to de-escalate conflicts before they turn violent, has been a major focus. Police beats where these peacekeepers operate have seen significant drops in homicides and violent crime.
Addressing Root Causes: The city has made strategic investments aimed at addressing underlying causes of crime, such as trauma, poverty, and abuse. This includes investments in youth employment programs, mental and behavioral healthcare services, and support for survivors of violence.
Public Health Approach: A public health approach to violence prevention has been leveraged, empowering community organizations with unprecedented investments to support healing and thriving in the most impacted communities. [sauce](Source: City of Chicago (.gov) https://share.google/C3lvSIm2iqVr1beKM)
Policing Strategies and Law Enforcement
Modernized Policing: The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has implemented data-driven and intelligence-driven policing strategies, including the use of Strategic Decision Support Centers to identify crime patterns and anticipate hotspots.
Improved Detectives Bureau: The Mayor's office points to the restructuring and modernization of the detectives bureau, which has led to a higher homicide clearance rate, the best in over a decade.
Gun Removal and Legal Action: CPD successfully removed over 11,000 illegal guns from the streets in 2025. The city's lawsuit against Glock, Inc., which resulted in the company agreeing to discontinue the production of easily convertible pistol models, is also noted as a success.
Building Trust: City leadership emphasizes that building trust between police and communities, particularly communities of color, is a central part of the safety plan, which is considered essential for effective public safety.
Broader Trends and Expert Analysis
National Trends: Criminologists note that Chicago is not alone in its crime decline; many major cities across the U.S. have experienced similar downward trends, suggesting that broad social and institutional factors, rather than specific local initiatives alone, may be driving the change.
Difficulty Pinpointing Cause: Experts from the University of Chicago Crime Lab caution that it is difficult to pinpoint any single cause with certainty, as many factors are changing simultaneously.
Overall, the reduction is seen as the result of a collaborative approach involving law enforcement, community organizations, and city agency partnerships. [sauce](Source: City of Chicago (.gov) https://share.google/2jLaq3yxQgL7AJL0b)
Funny... all that and nothing about militarization or National Guard or hell, even trump had anything to do with crime dropping in Chicago. Closest you get is National Trend. We all know why you want to send military to only blue districts, Pedonald... you're a scared little man with very tiny hands. Your time is coming to a close, you dumb fucking pedophile!
Everybody knows he's lying. He knows he's lying. He knows we know he's lying.
It's part of an authoritarian state to outright lie simply because you can.
Vranyo
It is indeed
Thank you for posting this. Crime has been on a decline nation wide. The murder rate is down something like 20%. The national guard had nothing to do with it.
I've got to point out though, the gIock thing was a flop. It took less than a week for people to figure out how to mod the new design.
"It's clearly because criminals knew years in advance that Trump was going to sic the weekend warriors on them!"
So... the opposite of typical right wing policy on policing then. :/
Oh right. Yeah like it's his active choice as if the judges didn't tell him he needed to screw off. It's sad to see a grown man who keeps declaring victory after he openly failed in public for everyone to see, and then to repeat that every week of his adult life.
Boo hard shell, soft shell gang rise up!
Hard shell for American style soft for Mexican
Nah, soft shell gang can sit down again. Hard shell, please.
Both?
That's insane.
Amen
Well, tRump does have thin skin.
Damn you made me hungry
Bro I thought I was the only one thinking that 😂
So, he's saying he's getting ready to invade Venezuela.
If you think he needs to pull back the national guard to handle an invasion, you seriously underestimate how grotesquely oversized the US military is.
I always like to come with proof when sharing my opinions: https://www.hoover.org/research/military-recruiting-shortfalls-recurring-challenge
Wait, are you... Are you actually serious right now?
You think that an article saying the US military missed its yearly recruitment goal by 25% is proof that they need to recall the National Guard from Chicago in order to have the capacity to invade Venezuela?
Did you spend more than 10 seconds looking at the numbers before posting this nonsense?
They fell short of their yearly recruitment target by about 12,000 personnel. Between active duty and reserve forces, the total size of the US military is over 2 million. ~~And there is absolutely no scenario where you would ever use a national guard unit in the initial wave of an invasion.~~ (correcting myself on this point; the US did draw up National Guard units as part of the Iraq invasion, though as best I can tell their role was almost entirely restricted to support, logistics, and rear line security, not frontline combat. Still, those are essential components of any successful military operation and I'm sure they made significant contributions there.).
The US Marine Corps, on its own, is ~170k personnel. The entire Venezuelan military, across all branches, is estimated at around 337k personnel.
But no, please, do explain how the 800 national guard troops deployed to DC are absolutely vital to the success of a potential invasion.
And I'll add: I wonder, are you going to sign up? Know anybody who would? You gotta be seriously stupid to go to war for Trump.
Sure. Bare numbers explain nothing. US troops are already committed to over 750 military bases and ships at sea in over 80 countries. Pull them out of those places and see what happens. Tension in the middle east, pull them out to go to Venezuela, what happens? Tension in Taiwan, pull them out and an invite Chinese aggression ... etc. etc. etc. Why, if you are old enough to remember, did the US rely so heavily on Reserve and National Guard troops during the Iraq war?
Now, Venezuela is not Iraq where you can just steam roll tanks across the desert. It's Viet Nam. How many were killed on the ground when Russia decided to just go blundering into Ukraine? It's a lot easier to defend than attack. Masses of US soldiers would die in any protracted ground assault on Venezuela b/c as soon as it gets hot, Russia and China are shadow arming them to the teeth just like we're doing in Ukraine.
Every man is valuable when if it goes boots on the ground. Are you beginning to get it now?
You know what, I wrote a reply here, but I'm replacing it with this because there's just no point. You're still trying to argue that a potential invasion executed by a military with over 2,000,000 active and reserve personnel would so badly need a couple of thousand extra bodies that that alone would force Trump to put an end to his dictatorial cock waving in Democrat voting cities.
There's a lot more I could go into here, but if you're not already looking at the scale difference in those numbers and reflexively laughing at the ridiculousness of your own argument, nothing I or anyone else says is going to make a difference. You're too far up your own arse to waste the breath on.
I'm not the one who argued with me in the first place -- you were. Now, who is up whose arse?
And, why did all those reservists and NGs serve in Iraq (for fucking years beyond the normal terms), again? I mean, we have more numbers??? And, why did we get our asses handed to us in Viet Nam by a much smaller force with inferior weapons?
Just admit it dude ... you got flanked and this is the best you can do to save face 😆
ps ... maybe you'll think twice next time before shooting your mouth off arguing with someone who argues for a living.
It's sized to fight two peer or near-peer adversaries at the same time, winning on one front and at least holding the other.
I still can't believe it's been only one year
This goes with what I predicted: Trump does not want to be a civil war president. He realized he can not consolidate power in this way.
This is a success for America, but the battle continues.
They are literally preparing Quick Reaction Forces to deploy to stamp down protests or during the midterm elections. Look it up if you don't believe me.
If he thinks he'll win he absolutely will.
Let's make him one.
“While our rule of law remains under threat, our democratic institutions are holding,” Bonta wrote. “My office is not backing down — and we’re ready for whatever fights lie ahead.”
There have been moments when I needed to be reminded of this.
Probably planning on sending the ~~gestapo~~ ICE in force.
Good. Let those kids get back to doing the jobs they signed up for, not policing their own countrymen.
Be gone, fucking losers.
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