Picture it: Washington D.C., the Kennedy Center, a venue known for elegant galas and cello solos. Suddenly, the red carpet is rolled out—not for Yo-Yo Ma, but for Donald J. Trump, arriving in a gold-plated golf cart, flanked by Secret Service agents and a guy dressed as a bald eagle.
On August 11, Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day” in Washington D.C., invoking Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act to place the city’s police force under federal control and deploy the National Guard like it was a pop-up shop for authoritarianism.