Trump announced he had ordered the National Guard to begin withdrawing from Washington, D.C., after days of militarized protest response around the White House. The tweet framed the move as proof that “everything is under perfect control,” but the timing made it look more like a retreat from a posture that was already drawing heavy criticism. The administration had spent the week talking tough, then suddenly started dialing down the very show of force it had used to project strength.
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Trump announced he had ordered the National Guard to begin withdrawing from Washington, D.C., after days of militarized protest response around the White House. The tweet framed the move as proof that “everything is under perfect control,” but the timing made it look more like a retreat from a posture that was already drawing heavy criticism. The administration had spent the week talking tough, then suddenly started dialing down the very show of force it had used to project strength.
Trump announced he had ordered the National Guard to begin withdrawing from Washington, D.C., after days of militarized protest response around the White House. The tweet framed the move as proof that “everything is under perfect control,” but the timing made it look more like a retreat from a posture that was already drawing heavy criticism. The administration had spent the week talking tough, then suddenly started…
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