{"id":2474746,"date":"2025-08-14T14:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bowser-is-receiving-trumps-help-most-warmly-among-democrats-christian-datoc\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:12:47","slug":"bowser-is-receiving-trumps-help-most-warmly-among-democrats-christian-datoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bowser-is-receiving-trumps-help-most-warmly-among-democrats-christian-datoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowser is receiving Trump&#8217;s help &#8216;most warmly&#8217; among Democrats: Christian Datoc"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbowser-is-receiving-trumps-help-most-warmly-among-democrats-christian-datoc%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=2474746&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>the article discusses the evolving relationship between Washington, D.C.Mayor Muriel Bowser and former President Donald Trump following his decision to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard to address crime in the district. Washington Examiner reporter Christian datoc highlights that Bowser is in a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; ... Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">unique position<\/a>&#8221; with Trump, working more closely with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frances-atos-to-complete-split-by-mid-2023-at-the-earliest\/\" title=\"France\u2019s Atos to complete split by mid-2023 \u2018at the earliest\u2019\">current governance<\/a> than with his earlier White House tenure, and is reportedly receiving Trump&#8217;s assistance more warmly than other Democrats.While some Democrats openly oppose Trump&#8217;s intervention, Bowser appears to view the federal help as a potential benefit, especially given understaffed crime hotspots in the city. She aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >balance community policing concerns<\/a> with the recognition that crime must be addressed effectively. Bowser also acknowledges that Trump&#8217;s perception of the city&#8217;s crime is influenced by the spike following the COVID-19 pandemic,although current crime levels have dropped compared to previous years. The mayor has reached out to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was put in charge of the MPD by Trump, indicating a willingness to cooperate to ensure the safety of residents and visitors. Meanwhile, Trump dismissed proposals for D.C. statehood, stating his intent to &#8220;straighten the place out&#8221; and opposing Democratic efforts to gain additional Senate seats through statehood.  <\/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\">Bowser is receiving Trump&rsquo;s help &lsquo;most warmly&rsquo; among Democrats: Christian Datoc<\/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_2203875\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Christian Datoc said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3499491\/residents-respond-in-protest-as-federal-officers-mpd-mobilize-in-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">District of Columbia<\/a> Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3498742\/washington-dc-officials-see-takeover-opportunity-building-relationship-federal-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Muriel Bowser<\/a> is in a &ldquo;unique position&rdquo; with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3499535\/trump-talks-tough-ahead-of-showdown-with-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> after he federalized the Metropolitan Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And she is in a unique position,&rdquo; Datoc said on <em>LiveNOW from Fox<\/em> Wednesday. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen her work with this administration much more closely than the Trump 1.0 White House.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3500014\/trump-estimates-1-in-4-chance-alaska-meeting-not-successful\/\">Trump estimates 1-in-4 chance Alaska meeting is not successful, says Putin is &#8216;going to make a deal&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3500023\/trump-social-security-90th-anniversary-no-tax\/\">Trump touts &#8216;no tax&#8217; on Social Security to mark program&#8217;s 90th anniversary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3499989\/indiana-republicans-little-interest-in-mid-decade-redistricting-following-vances-visit\/\">Indiana Republicans express little interest in mid-decade redistricting following Vance&rsquo;s visit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;You can remember the tension between the president and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-permanently-closes-factory-store-in-portland-due-to-crime-wave\/\" title=\"Nike shuts down Portland factory store due to rising ....\">mayor back<\/a> during the 2020 George Floyd protests, and I do think when she had her press conference on Monday responding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s announcement, she was not nearly as forceful in talking about how this was an overreach by the White House, as some of her Democratic electorate would have liked her to see.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3496162\/trump-dc-police-takeover-national-guard-crime-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump announced the National Guard deployment Monday to address the district&rsquo;s crime<\/a>, putting Attorney General Pam Bondi in control of the MPD. While some Democrats, including <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/1954926861882110385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)<\/a>,&nbsp;are vocalizing opposition to Trump&rsquo;s decision, Datoc said Bowser is receiving Trump&rsquo;s help &ldquo;the most warmly&rdquo; out of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3078646&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=39bd9db2624ee9adafccbc6d171d202e\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Datoc said Bowser sees Trump&rsquo;s aid as &ldquo;a potential bonus&rdquo; for the city, since various &ldquo;crime hotspots&rdquo; have been understaffed. He added that Bowser recognizes wanting to be &ldquo;mindful&rdquo; in how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3499330\/federal-officials-arrest-100-people-trump-dc-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the city polices its communities<\/a>, while also knowing &ldquo;no amount of crime is acceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Datoc said the mayor will work with the federal government to ensure the city is safe for both its residents and tourists visiting the &ldquo;national treasures.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s also noticed an increase in law enforcement presence this week, saying there were &ldquo;black federal SUVs&rdquo; and police cars lining his 20-minute drive downtown.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3078642&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b0d0bf3ea88c9aae09b1c64e148cfd3f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3497097\/muriel-bowser-trump-evolving-relationship-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BOWSER AND TRUMP&rsquo;S EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP, EXPLAINED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bowser said Monday she believes Trump&rsquo;s view of the capital&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3496746\/bowser-trump-view-dc-crime-covid-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">crime level is &ldquo;shaped by his COVID-era experience,&rdquo;<\/a> adding the city underwent a &ldquo;spike&rdquo; in crime following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she said the city&rsquo;s crime level this year is lower than both 2023 and 2019, though she is &ldquo;not satisfied&rdquo; with these statistics.<\/p>\n<p>She also confirmed she reached out to Bondi to schedule a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Trump rebuked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3498692\/trump-calls-dc-statehood-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the possibility of making the district a state on Wednesday<\/a>, saying he wants &ldquo;to straighten the place out.&rdquo; He also said the Democratic Party wants &ldquo;to pick up two senators,&rdquo; and that this is not in the cards.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2203875\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2203875\"}});<\/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<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowser warmly accepts Trump&#8217;s help, says Christian Datoc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2474747,"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\/Bowser-and-Trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20645,3685,3634],"class_list":["post-2474746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bowser","tag-democrats","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bowser-and-Trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474746","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474746"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474750,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474746\/revisions\/2474750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}