COMMENT FROM DC VISITOR:
D.C. was clear and protected. There have been some Nationwide Guard troops strolling round, however most of them had been simply youngsters playing around and taking photos in entrance of monuments like the remainder of the vacationers.
The town was skewed closely to the left. I noticed a number of anti-Israel and anti-Trump protestors who appeared a bit unhinged. The individuals I spoke with mentioned the town was in absolute chaos through the George Floyd/BLM protests and that the Nationwide Guard and ICE raids had been nothing as compared.
I additionally went to the Spy Museum, which was lots of enjoyable. That they had a wall honoring Ukraine with an image of Putin within the crosshairs of a gun scope. The Chilly Warfare was the head of US espionage in current historical past, and Russia and the USSR had been used interchangeably. I skipped the 9/11 corridor as a result of it was an enormous lie–we all know what occurred. The museum additionally claimed that solely rogue spies within the US used torture mechanisms in fashionable days. There was one sentence on MKUltra and no point out of Undertaking Monarch or any of the psychological warfare techniques.
I believe they need to ship troops to the opposite massive cities the place crime has been allowed to run rampant in recent times. It felt protected to stroll round at night time, which is greater than I might say about Philly or NYC. I’m positive the criminals cleared out as a result of legislation and order had been really required and visual. Violent crime shouldn’t be downplayed. It’s preventable, and it will be good if America grew to become a high-trust society the place we don’t concern different civilians on the streets. The troops and NG weren’t bothering anybody, however their presence alone in all probability commanded some primary civility.