Trump’s Behind the Wheel—and the Trash is Piling High

Well, finally. This is the year we take out the trash—in politics, in culture, and off our streets. And Donald Trump is the one driving the garbage truck. In fact, he called this one before it happened—remember this?

The latest? Trump taking federal control of D.C.’s police force and deploying the National Guard to tackle crime and homelessness in our once-great capital, now resembling a real-life Gotham City. He’s invoking Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, which lets the president federalize D.C.’s police when public safety is on the line, along with Title 10 authority to call up the National Guard to protect federal property and personnel. The move will help every law-abiding resident—and protect millions of tourists. Trump knows it.

Predictably, the D.C. establishment is losing it. Mayor Muriel Bowser called the move “unsettling”—apparently more unsettling than letting crime run wild.

She’s “not a lawyer,” as she says, and doesn’t seem to grasp that D.C. is not a normal city. The Founders made it a federal city, under the Constitution’s sole and exclusive control of the federal government. That hasn’t changed, even as the city descended into chaos. The 1973 Supreme Court case Palmore v. United States made it clear: D.C. has no state-like sovereignty, and federal authority there is absolute. Yet despite routinely landing in the top tier for violent crime, the left denies reality. D.C.’s attorney general says “there’s no crime emergency” and vows to fight Trump in court.

Meanwhile, some local journalists are ditching the sinking leftist media ship to actually tell the truth.

On homelessness, liberal advocates say Trump’s plan won’t work because they “just need more money.” The truth? D.C. will spend over a billion dollars this year alone on affordable housing, with more than half a billion going straight to homeless care. Throwing more cash at the problem won’t fix it. A drug addict with a free apartment is still a drug addict—until the addiction ends, the cycle doesn’t break.

Trump’s approach mirrors his crackdown on illegal immigration. Border crossings have dropped to almost nothing this year. The National Guard has been helping ICE process mountains of immigration paperwork because arrests are through the roof. Over the weekend, dozens of convicted criminals—including attempted murderers, rapists, and domestic abusers—were taken off the streets. Among them: Margarito Carmona-Ramos of Mexico, convicted of attempted murder in sanctuary Cook County, and Angel Manuel Marquez-Guachi-chulca of Ecuador, convicted of rape in Dayton, Ohio. These are Biden’s “gotaways”—and ICE is slowly hunting them down.

It’s a massive job, which is why ICE is hiring. If “taking out the trash” is your thing, now’s your chance. As Tom Homan says, there’s still plenty of garbage left.

Some of that trash committed unspeakable crimes—like the illegal alien from El Salvador who raped and brutally killed Rachel Morin. He was sentenced to life without parole this week, but that doesn’t bring Rachel back. Her family lives with the horror of a crime that never should have happened. As Homan says, the border remains an emergency until the system that lets predators in is shut down for good.

That’s exactly what’s happening—and no protestors or activist judges will stop it. This new golden era is touching the culture, too. Consider the Jaguar ad that aired before the company’s sales tanked nearly 100 percent.

It was woke, incoherent pandering—Bud Light déjà vu—chasing an imaginary “woke” audience that doesn’t buy your product. Jaguar’s CEO is out. Lesson learned? We’ll see.

And then there’s American Eagle, which ran a cheeky ad with All-American actress Sydney Sweeney called “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.” The left erupted, calling it a “far-right Nazi dog whistle.” Five years ago, the company might’ve folded, issued an apology, and fired the ad team. But in 2025? They doubled down, stating the ad “is and always was about the jeans.” Their stock is now up 20 percent, and they’ve already released another Sydney ad. Imagine that.

There’s still plenty of trash to haul—but with Trump behind the wheel, expect more curbside pickups in the months ahead.

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