Occam's Razor applies ...

President Trump’s bleak description of Washington fits in with his long-held view of American cities
as dangerous and violent.Credit...Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Now that DC's federalized via Agent Orange in terms of taking over the police, the betting pool of eliminating midterms becomes serious conjecture as false flags, properly designed, enables one to declare a national emergency, thus placing the US under martial law in order to protect the populace from internal terrorism. It just makes sense as Occam's Razor applies IMHO.

Part of a page from John Duns Scotus's book Commentaria oxoniensia ad IV libros magistri Sententiarus, showing the words: "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate", i.e., "Plurality is not to be posited without necessity"

For Trump, Cities Like Washington Are Real Estate in Need of Fixing Up

“It’s a natural instinct as a real estate person,” he said in announcing his federal takeover of the capital’s police, despite falling crime.

To hear President Trump tell it, the nation’s capital is something akin to a blighted property in need of repair.

Washington, he says, is “unsafe” and “dirty” and “disgusting.” It is menaced by “bloodthirsty criminals” and marred by homelessness. It needs to be cleaned up and made “beautiful again.”

Mr. Trump’s bleak description of Washington is consistent with his view of American cities as dangerous and violent, dating to his time in New York City in the 1970s and ’80s during a period of rampant crime. On Monday, as he announced a temporary federal takeover of Washington’s police, Mr. Trump suggested that his background as a New York real estate developer made him more suited than the local authorities to blot out crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital.

“It’s a natural instinct as a real estate person,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he compared his envisioned makeover of Washington to his recent gold-trimmed makeover of the White House. “I was very good at that, and I was very good at fixing things up. I like fixing things up.”

Just like Atlantic City ...

“We’re going to make it beautiful again,” Mr. Trump said. “We’re going to fix it with crime, and we’re going to also, as we’re doing that, we’re going to start doing things that we know how to do, that I know how to do better than anybody, I guess, because of my experience from previous life.”

Federal law enforcement officers in the Wharf neighborhood in Washington on Monday night.
Credit...Kent Nishimura for The New York Times