1 year in, National Guard troops have became part of D.C. life : NPR

"I worry about these troops standing on street corners fading into the background, and people starting to accept this as just a fact of life," says Joseph Nunn, counsel at the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security program. "Armed military personnel standing on the street corners in an American city should never be normal."…

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/11/nx-s1-5927230/national-guard-dc-anniversary-trump 

 

Trump’s war on reality just got a lot more dangerous - The Washington Post

Trump is prioritizing the creation of an illusion of normalcy over actually getting it done....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/26/trumps-war-reality-just-got-lot-more-dangerous/