Trump threatens federal government takeover of San Francisco: 'It's worse than a slum'

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Source: raw story



Published 2 hours on February 19, 2020



President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the federal government may “step in” to take control of San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The president made the remarks at a White House event in Bakersfield, California. During the event, Trump responded to someone who said he wanted to “get rid” of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“Get rid of Pelosi! That’s okay with me!” Trump exclaimed. “Lot of people agree. Look what’s happened to San Francisco. So sad what’s happened, when you see a slum, where it’s a slum. It’s worse than a slum. There’s no slum like that.”


“It’s something that we’re going to do something about,” he added. “Because if they don’t fix it up, clean it up, take care of the homeless, do what they have to do but clean up their city, the federal government is going to have to step in. And we’re going to do it in Los Angeles and San Francisco.”.............................................



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"the federal government is going to have to step in. And we’re going to do it in Los Angeles and San Francisco."

The feds are going to take over a city...?

Trump threatens federal government takeover of San Francisco: ‘It’s worse than a slum’

Link to tweet

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Internment camps next?

Send in the troops, round up the people like cattle, separate them from their families and homes, plunder the goods? Trump is BONKERS!

[brooklynite]

23. Well, those FEMA camps have been lying fallow...

[getagrip_already]

50. No, SWING an election.....

If he can disrupt the election in major urban areas, he can tie up certification and claim victory.

Hopefully just a hair brained scheme to scare people....

[displacedtexan]

72. We vote by mail. And...

We had 3 hours notice on morning tv news that the little Make A Wish Batkid boy would be at City Hall for the big finale with the mayor, police chief, board of supervisors, etc.
20,000+ of us made it downtown to the plaza for the festivities. On a weekday.
We're pretty good at mobilizing.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. On what authority could the fed's take over a city? He's f**king insane.

[Merlot]

7. republicans have had a pilot program of this already

Remember Flint, when the governor sent in managers and took away the city councils authority?

[mwooldri]

8. That's at a state level...

And something peculiar to Michigan?

I don't know on what authority the federal government could do this - one of these "states rights" things?

[Merlot]

11. Flint was a trial run. Don't think for a minute they aren't planning

more and on a national level.

[lunasun]

33. Yes never forget Michigan managers - Multiple trial runs in that state -Don't forget Detroit

[Merlot]

36. This has been a republican dream since long before trumpft

republicans don't like democracy and are doing everything they can to destroy it.

[jberryhill]

51. Yes, that was done pursuant to the state laws in Michigan

[2naSalit]

28. They did that to the whole state.

[trueblue2007]

13. trump can not TAKE OVER San Fran. he is a moron and also a dam liar.

[Merlot]

34. What else "can't" trumpft do?

Coerce foreign countries to make up dirt on political opponents?

Throw children in cages?

Lie with impunity?

Profit off of the presidency?

Interfere in sentencing of convicted criminals?

[Magoo48]

52. Exactly...

California Government, at every level, must vocally stand up and stand united against every incremental move made in our direction. Our government here must call upon we the California people to support them in their stand. If we let Agent Orange and his Clowns of the Apocalypse bully us now, it will only get worse.

[John Fante]

80. None of those examples come close to this potential scenario.

The Trump administration last lost 94 percent of its lawsuits related to illegal policy changes. The moron isn't invincible.

[xxqqqzme]

92. It doesn't matter.

He's making up shit for the cult disciples. They will applaud anything that is lunacy. I noticed he said this in the red section of the state.

[gay texan]

3. Trump.....

Go fuck yourself....

[not_the_one]

18. That is what Gavin Newsome should be saying to the turd

We can't let this crap go unanswered.

We don't want to get into a food fight with a gluttonous pig (flinging slop is his forte), but we DON'T want the let it hang out there to gain legitimacy.

[msongs]

4. he's just counter programming the dems debate this evening nt

[muntrv]

5. Talk about 2nd Amendment remedies.

[RicROC]

6. like in Flint, Michigan?

For a party which purports to want small government, the GOPutin party likes to take over small governments.

[Grokenstein]

9. Just try it.

You and the "alt" right will get your little civil-slash-race war.

But you won't like how it ends.

It'll turn out just like it did the last time Americans took on the Nazis.

[iluvtennis]

10. WTF. Cuz Nancy Pelosi is rep from San Fran and Adam Schiff is from LA. trump is insane

[McKim]

12. Sounds Violent

This sounds kind of violent, like the start of a war. I think this is alarming! Simple answers to complex problems again. Playing to Bakersfield for sure.

[yaesu]

14. a bloviating bag of orange toxic gas. nt

[2naSalit]

32. All I could picture was this...

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nnqp4z/a-whale-blasted-an-ungodly-amount-of-ass-ham-all-over-some-divers

[yaesu]

48. we finally know its origin

[dchill]

15. Trump is criminally dangerous.

He's going to Article 2 us out of existence.

[RockRaven]

16. Bakersfield, where Trump made the comment, is a MUCH bigger "slum" than San Francisco.

Trump has certainly NEVER spent time in SF or LA outside of a carefully curated, limited, and non-representative experience. Also true with Bakersfield.

[MountCleaners]

85. I live in Chicago...

...and Trump supporters bitch about urban crime and how afraid they are to go into the city...and when you see where they live, some of those places are real dumps - far from the city and the downtowns are boarded up, there are meth dealers and addicts all over the place...no real stores but WalMart and dollar stores.

Then they complain about how expensive the city is and how they can only afford to live in the boonies. They could be living in complete shitholes, but they're not dumps as long as they're overwhelmingly white.

[nonpareil]

17. GO FUCK YOURSELF TRUMP!!!!!

San Francisco is one of the greatest cities in the world. The senile old crook needs to shut up! Yeah, I am a native San Franciscan.

[Efilroft Sul]

20. Pittsburgh here. I love San Francisco and would move there in a heartbeat if I could.

[murielm99]

45. San Francisco is the only city

in the world I would consider living in.

I live in the country, not in a town at all. My husband is a retired farmer.

My brother lives there.

[Chemisse]

54. Same here!

I love that city, and I am strict country girl. The wind off the Pacific, the Bay, the fog - there is so much nature right there to enjoy. And my daughter lives there.

[ploppy]

65. My favorite city in the world.

Fuck you, Trump.

[jmowreader]

68. There's one thing that would stop me from moving there

It's not the land prices or all the negative things Republicans say about the place. It's that San Francisco is built on the side of a cliff.

This is why I'm thinking Seattle - it has most of the appeal of SFO, but it's a little flatter.

[Efilroft Sul]

69. I never made it out to the great Pacific Northwest yet. I would love to, though.

[jmowreader]

70. I recommend staying on the west side of the Cascades

[Pachamama]

88. Have you ever been to Seattle? Seattle is not flat....

From Highway I5 after winding through and below hills and exiting to downtown, you go down towards the waterfront. When headed over to the Space Needle and up the hills (including near Queen Anne and where there have been hill slides taking homes in past) you have Magnolia neighborhood where you wind up along a hill drive and have spectacular views of the cascade mountain range on one of the few clear days.

Then when you head East to Madison Park and head up and over the hills, you will even be reminded of San Francisco.

By the way - San Francisco is not built on the side of a Cliff....

[jmowreader]

90. I have been to Seattle many times, and SFO twice

They have hills in Seattle, but nothing like SFO.

[Pachamama]

91. SFO is flat

It’s landfill

[Efilroft Sul]

19. What's Trump doing having a rally at Hogwarts?

[rownesheck]

55. That's what I was wondering!

Who the fuck are those fuckwit kids behind him?!

[petronius]

86. Future Farmers of America, it looks like... (nt)

[C Moon]

21. Trump hates, hates, hates Gavin Newsom and Eric Garcetti.

Plus Republicans are inflamed that Democrats in California have a super majority, and actually took over Orange County, California which has been a Republican strong-hold since the Reagan years (or maybe before). And California's economy is doing very well, and they want to claim some credit, so Trump coming in "to save the day" is an attempt to save face.

[Dem2theMax]

22. Hey drumpf. Go Cheney yourself.

[Bayard]

24. We have a perfect orange straight jacket ready for you, Donnie

His cheese has definitely slipped off his cracker. Is he talking martial law?

[Stonepounder]

25. Sounds familiar to those old enough to remember

Führer city

A Führer city, or Führerstadt in German, was a status given to five German cities in 1937 by Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany.[1] The status was based on Hitler's vision of undertaking gigantic urban transformation projects in these cities based on his own conceptions as executed by German architects including Albert Speer, Paul Ludwig Troost, German Bestelmeyer, Konstanty Gutschow, Hermann Giesler, Leonhard Gall and Paul Otto August Baumgarten. More modest reconstruction projects were to take place in thirty-five other cities, although some sources assert this number was as high as fifty.[1] These plans were however not realised for the greater part because of the onset of the Second World War, although construction continued to take place even in wartime circumstances at Hitler's insistence.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrer_city

[lunasun]

35. Thanks for the history

[Jamastiene]

39. This

is a very informative post. Sounds just like it. Thank you for your post.

[Jake Stern]

26. He said this to fire up his base and troll the shit out of the libs

From the the darkly conspiratorial "Flint was a dress rehearsal" type replies it looks like it worked.

Even Trump knows damn well there is no constitutional way he or anybody else in the federal government can step in and take over a city government.

[Wuddles440]

57. Sorry...

but I have to respectfully disagree with you regarding the ability of the Constitution to restrain him. The erosion of the rule of law, already on life support, has dramatically accelerated over the past year. Il Douche and his henchmen have exposed dramatic weaknesses in our systems of government especially those regarding the separation of powers and the application of justice. He believes that he can now operate with total impunity because he has, with McTurtle's assistance, gained almost absolute control of the federal justice system. They have a plan in place for eliminating any and all opposition and are executing it.

[GeorgeGist]

96. Mostly I agree ...

but what Trump knows could fill his nose and not much else.

[BigmanPigman]

27. "At a rally in Bakersfield" says it all.

Bakersfield is almost as bad as Simi Valley (happy place of Reagun).

I wouldn't live there if you paid me.

[kimbutgar]

61. Stayed overnight once in Bakersfield driving back from Arizona to SF

It was smelly, ugly and boring. Only fast food resturants . A perfect place to commit suicide if you are depressed. I couldn’t wait to leave early the next morning. Another friend I know who had relatives said she dreads having to go there to visit. When her grandparents died she was sad but then happy she didn’t have to go there anymore.

And it would be a massive protest if mf45 tried to take over SF.

[BigmanPigman]

67. I had a friend whose parents moved there

and in the 7 years that I knew him he visisted his parents in Bakersfield zero times. His parents learned that they had to go to San Diego to see him.

[mahina]

29. Dream on, short stack

Deep derp

Never fucking happen.

[CBHagman]

30. Women who have power and competence he doesn't have really get under his skin...

...and he appears to believe he can command it and it will be done. Remember when he said Nancy Pelosi was no longer speaker of the House? Remember when he suggested that he knew whether she prayed for him or not? For all that it's likely said for his base, it's also a look into his mind.

[kysrsoze]

31. He needs to stay the fuck out of our state. He's just pandering to the Kern Co Repub mouthbreathers

[Hekate]

37. I see: like the state took over Flint

[Duncan Grant]

38. Bring it, MF. We can't wait. (EOM)

[LudwigPastorius]

40. Fascism.

We're living it.

[truthisfreedom]

41. He has no idea. If the federal govt attempts a takeover of SF

Not only will they shut down and protectively garage the streetcars, they’ll riot in the streets and release all of the parking brakes on fed vehicles, rolling them into the ocean. None of those assholes will make it home except in metal containers via China.

[DENVERPOPS]

42. I can imagine that

that would be Trump's Gettysburg...............

Not to worry, he is just fluffing his feathers, blustering with his false bravado, etc etc etc
but his talk is definitely just like a tyrannical fascist.............

[olddad65]

43. Trumpolini, the only fascist dictator ever to lead the US.

[NBachers]

44. Some San Francisco Slum pictures I took last Friday. I live here. I got hundreds more just as good.

Right at the edge of the Golden Gate

[IronLionZion]

64. Looks absolutely disgusting

the last one

[Warpy]

46. I know exactly how he will take care of the homeless.

Will the "work makes you free" sign be in English or the original German?

I wish I was kidding about this.



I I

[VarryOn]

47. Having been to San Fran for 4 days back in late November....

Parts of the city, especially around Chinatown and the water front. It was honestly heart-breaking and angering. Other than a serious powerwashing, I don't have answers. Residents and those in authority should be embarrassed. It was once a great city, I can't believe residents aren't more motivated. Seattle is slightly better, but the future is bleak. I fear San Diegoa will soon head this week.

No doubt Trunp is a big reason. Under Obama it wasnt this bad nor trending its xs

[killaphill]

94. Trump IS the reason

n/t

[dawg day]

49. Has he ever been in these cities?

And where are the "States Rights" Republicans? The small governmental? Libertarians? Is there anyone left in the party who isn't slavish towards Trump?

[samnsara]

53. he wont..hes talking out of his butt which is normal for these rallies...

[Newest Reality]

56. State's rights?

Well, I guess he just doesn't realize how that works, threat's aside. It is interesting how the GOP uses state's rights when it is useful to them and their titular head can blurt out head farts like that at the same time.

Raise your hand if you believe that Trump won't be trying his best to find and exploit new scapegoats, i.e., groups of people who are vulnerable, weak, and easily exploited.

We are getting classic dictator action here. Racism is the f word here, but we are going there under the Dirigible of Doom and Orange Emperor of Deplorables.

He tweets and campaigns. Hasn't he been campaigning since he took office? What does that tell you? Could it be the quest for a permanent position? And what do we call that?

[scarytomcat]

58. he is crazy so crazy

Heard of states right donnysue.
What money are going to use to do this? Military pay? Wall money? He needs to be shut-up and be stopped DEAD in his tracks.

[Raftergirl]

59. What I find hilarious in all this

is that Lumpy Trumpy has to go to places like Bakersfield to get an audience. The man with gold toilets in his loo is only loved in the dumps of our nation.

You know inside it’s just killing him.

[underpants]

76. Good point. Thinking the same when I read Bakersfield.

Never been there but I've heard a lot of jokes with Bakersfield as the punch line including in the Army.

Oh it's killing him. He LOVED hobknobbing with celebrities. No more. Never again. He's cast out. A pariah. It's KILLING Melania too.

[IronLionZion]

60. The rent is too damn high

it would be a very expensive slum

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

75. So, much like Mar-a-Lago, or any other Trump resort.

Very expensive slums, very high-maintenance slumlord.

[llmart]

62. There's a place for him in San Francisco.

It's called Alcatraz. Maybe we could reopen it as a prison and fill it with him, his family and friends?

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

63. Ah here we go. Anyone who doesnt understand that the rw agenda of the past 20 yrs has been a

build up to overt facism hasn't been paying attention.

Emergency managers in Michigan, federal+private contractor takeover of rebuilding New Orleans - taking over SF or LA really isn't such a stretch.

[John Fante]

81. It's an enormous stretch.

Trump can't even force police departments to help his ICE stormtroopers, you really think he can take over major American cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco?

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

83. All I can say is its in the realm of possible. maybe not next week but if there is not a

peaceful transfer of power next yr., if more and more normal people in fed govt, military vacate or get replaced by facists and crooks who owe Trump a favor.... who knows....

[roamer65]

66. Fastest route to CA secession.

If he tries it, the push for secession will become huge.

[Yavin4]

71. Blue states should seriously consider it as a backup plan. n/t

[roamer65]

82. I am in favor of NY, New England and other border states making the Canadian dollar legal tender.

That way we have a backup currency ready post secession.

[EndlessWire]

73. Trump isn't welcome in California.

Well, Susan, do you think he has learned his lesson?

Newsome has to respond to this, if only to laugh at him. Meanwhile, a little Governor's meeting should take place, to see what neighboring state governors think.

I'm so sick of this parasite and his minions. He hates Cali, but we despise and loathe him.

Watch out what you wish for, Orange Man. WE ARE STILL VOTING YOU OUT.

#Impeachment 2

((He can't invade Iran, so he wants to invade California. WHAT AN ASS.))

[DeminPennswoods]

74. When whichever Dem it is is sworn in on Jan 20th 2021,

they should be ready to take over the governments of AL, MS, FL, SC, KY, GA, MO, AR and TX, root out all the CSA sympathizers, klansman, racists and xenophobes and put them on a ship never to return.

[Thomas Hurt]

77. Threats of fascist ghettoization...

They aren't ghettos but Trump wants them to be ghettos for liberals.

[DinahMoeHum]

78. Neah neah-neah neah neah booga booga booga.

In your wet dreams, you fat asshole.

[Turbineguy]

79. So..... he's gonna make sure

everybody makes at least 100K per year to afford rent?

[MountCleaners]

84. Ah yes, small government...

And I like how he keeps attacking cities - much like his phobic supporters on Facebook - when many if not most low-income people are in fact being priced out and have to move to inner ring suburbs.

Like, Facebook is full of Trump supporters who live near cities but who won't set foot in them because of exaggerated fears about urban crime...then they complain that the city is too expensive and the taxes are too high and that they can't afford to live there.

Morons who cannot process logic at all.

[spiderpig]

87. Oh bring it, Cadet Bonespurs.

Not that you'll ever show your disgusting mug in the Bay Area, coward that you are.

Interesting that Mr. plast-my-name-on-cheesy-bedbug-properties has no representation in SF, one of the most hospitality-oriented cities in the US. Some minority investment by his clan of grifters, but you don't see his name anywhere.

Oh, my bad. I said "hospitality", a term completely unknown to the Orange Turd.

[bdamomma]

89. What a sick vile

POS

[eissa]

93. Picking on SF is favorite right-wing hobby

Red meat for his base -- homelessness everywhere! Feces! Garbage!

This is not to say that SF doesn't have these problems, but it is nowhere near as bad as trump and the morons at Faux News make it out to be. Despite its problems, SF remains one of the most vibrant, beautiful and culturally-enriching cities in the country.

[olddad65]

95. This is coming from the pig that turned the White House into a slum.

[jmowreader]

97. Imagine a Democratic president...

making the same speech, but with San Francisco changed to Kentucky and Pelosi changed to Mitch.