{"id":2474432,"date":"2025-08-13T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-dictator-label-urges-critics-to-join-him-in-d-c-crime-crackdown-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:12:21","slug":"trump-rejects-dictator-label-urges-critics-to-join-him-in-d-c-crime-crackdown-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-dictator-label-urges-critics-to-join-him-in-d-c-crime-crackdown-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rejects \u2018dictator\u2019 label, urges critics to &#8216;join him&#8217; in D.C. crime crackdown &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-rejects-dictator-label-urges-critics-to-join-him-in-d-c-crime-crackdown-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2474432&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump responded to critics who have labeled his deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/refund-the-police-major-cities-are-backtracking-on-police-cuts-after-explosion-of-violent-crime\/\" title=\"Refund The Police? Major Cities Are Backtracking On Police Cuts After Explosion Of Violent ...\">combat rising crime<\/a> as &#8220;dictatorial.&#8221; Speaking at The Kennedy Center, Trump rejected accusations of authoritarianism and framed his actions as necessary to restore safety in the capital. He urged critics to support his efforts rather than oppose them and suggested those who criticize him risk falling victim to crime themselves. The deployment placed National Guard personnel at key areas such as the National Mall and Navy Yard. Senator Chris Van Hollen criticized Trump&#8217;s move as a perilous overreach and pointed out the contradiction that Trump had previously blocked D.C. from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-sole-congressional-delegate-slams-outrageous-house-appropriations-bill-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DC\u2019s sole congressional delegate slams \u2018outrageous\u2019 House appropriations bill - ... Examiner\">spending local funds<\/a> on police and public services. Despite backlash,Trump maintained that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >addressing violent crime<\/a> in D.C.is a priority.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump hits back at &lsquo;dictator&rsquo; label, urges critics to &lsquo;join him&rsquo; in D.C. crime crackdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2203404\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed critics who have labeled his actions as &ldquo;dictatorial&rdquo; following his decision to deploy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3497921\/dc-national-guard-mobilizes-trump-district-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"National Guard\">National Guard<\/a> troops in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3499094\/trump-ask-congress-security-fund-dc-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"National Guard\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, to combat rising crime.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3498587\/stallone-kiss-strait-trump-kennedy-center-honorees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Kennedy Center\">The Kennedy Center<\/a>, Trump firmly rejected accusations that his intervention was authoritarian, instead framing the move as a necessary step to restore safety in the nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3498451\/byron-york-media-wont-deny-dc-problem-reporters-experience-crime\/\">Byron York says media won&#8217;t deny DC problem because reporters &#8216;experience crime&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3497290\/closed-tennessee-prison-ice-detention-facility\/\">Closed prison in Tennessee to be used as ICE detention facility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3498311\/anna-giaritelli-lauds-trump-making-victims-dc-crime-feel-seen\/\">Anna Giaritelli lauds Trump for making victims of DC crime &#8216;feel seen&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Already they&rsquo;re saying, &lsquo;He&rsquo;s a dictator!&rsquo; The place is going to hell, and we got to stop it,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;So instead of saying &lsquo;He&rsquo;s a dictator,&rsquo; they should say &lsquo;We&rsquo;re going to join him in making Washington safe,&#8217;&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theMRC\/status\/1955661748502986766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump slams Democrats for criticizing his efforts to make DC safe again: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They say &#8216;he&#8217;s a dictator!&#8217; and then they end up getting mugged.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3F5VDWewE8\">pic.twitter.com\/3F5VDWewE8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Media Research Center (@theMRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMRC\/status\/1955661748502986766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The president also took a swipe at his detractors, suggesting that those who criticize his actions would &ldquo;end up getting mugged&rdquo; if they did not support his efforts to address the violent crime surge.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment placed National Guard troops at key locations across Washington, such as the National Mall and Navy Yard.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) accused the president of &ldquo;playing dictator&rdquo; and pushing the country&rsquo;s democratic foundations to the &ldquo;brink.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s playing dictator in our nation&rsquo;s capital as a dress rehearsal as he pushes democracy to the brink,&rdquo; Van Hollen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisVanHollen\/status\/1954943274717716523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland senator also pointed out the hypocrisy of Trump&rsquo;s actions, saying that if the president truly cared about the district&rsquo;s safety, he would not have blocked the city from spending funds to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-message-loud-and-clear-gop-flips-ct-state-senate-district-biden-won-by-25-points\/\" title=\"\u2018A Message Loud And Clear\u2019: GOP Flips CT State Senate District Biden Won By 25 Points\">support local police<\/a> and services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3499094\/trump-ask-congress-security-fund-dc-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP TO ASK CONGRESS FOR &lsquo;SECURITY FUND&rsquo; TO COMBAT DC CRIME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By the way, Trump couldn&rsquo;t care less about safety in D.C. or the people of D.C.,&rdquo; Van Hollen added. &ldquo;If he did, he wouldn&rsquo;t have blocked D.C. from spending $1 billion of its OWN money to fund its OWN police department, schools, and more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the backlash, Trump has continued to stand by his decision, stressing the importance of public safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2203404\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2203404\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump rejects &#8216;dictator&#8217; label, urges unity on DC crime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2474434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-Kennedy-Center.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[61228,61227,3634,40583,32076],"class_list":["post-2474432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-crime-crackdown","tag-dictator-label","tag-trump","tag-washington-d-c","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-Kennedy-Center.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474442,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474432\/revisions\/2474442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}