{"id":1967905,"date":"2025-08-19T02:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T02:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1967905"},"modified":"2025-08-19T02:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T02:54:16","slug":"john-oliver-reaches-brutal-conclusion-over-trumps-tough-guy-takeover-of-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/john-oliver-reaches-brutal-conclusion-over-trumps-tough-guy-takeover-of-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver Reaches Brutal Conclusion Over Trump’s ‘Tough Guy’ Takeover Of D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week, Trump moved to activate the National Guard in D.C. and take over the capital\u2019s police force to stop what he called \u201cbloodshed, bedlam and squalor\u201d despite crime stats trending downward there. In fact, crime hit a 30-year low somewhat recently<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oliver gave a scathing explanation for why the president\u2019s fix-what-isn\u2019t-broken strategy is rather dubious. And it involves awkward associations with Jeffrey Epstein, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt is painfully obvious that Trump is doing this to boost his tough-guy image with his base,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that is going to be a challenge because it is a tough sell for the man who was friends with a child sex trafficker, brought about this mess [shows a photo of the Capitol riot], and on Friday got steamrolled by a bloodthirsty warlord to convince Americans that he is keeping them safe. … I would argue if anyone is making things too dadgum dangerous in this country, it\u2019s probably fucking him right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After his opening, Oliver took on Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d crusade:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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