We don’t count on President Donald Trump to deploy the Nationwide Guard in New York Metropolis for a number of causes — not least as a result of we’re taking his solutions severely, however not actually.
That’s, when Trump final week mentioned the very actual success of his intervention in Washington, DC, policing, he mused that Chicago may very well be subsequent, “after which we’ll assist with New York.”
Simply in case, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Monday reportedly instructed Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi it’s not wanted, since crime is down and Gotham stays far safer than different massive US cities.
Shootings are at an all-time low, whereas burglaries, robberies and felony assaults are all trending down, too.
The Large Apple’s fundamental downside is with the no-bail legislation and the state authorities’s different blows to the justice system, a problem Trump flagged Monday.
The Guard can’t assist a lot with that — and didn’t when Gov. Kathy Hochul despatched it in to assist out, as she’s apparently identified to the prez.
Cities akin to Chicago, which held its spot because the homicide capital of America for the thirteenth 12 months operating in 2024, would possibly profit — besides Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker care an excessive amount of about ideology to work with the Trump administration to save lots of their residents’ lives.
We suspect pushing them to make that apparent was a giant purpose Trump floated the thought.
And if Zohran Mamdani wins in November and begins unwinding Mayor Eric Adams’ and Tisch’s hard-won progress, then Trump will little doubt begin baiting him.
The president’s too good to mess with success — however don’t count on him to withstand any alternative to show what his enemies actually stand for.
