Elon Musk replies to post on Donald Trump declaring ’emergency’ in Washington DC over rising crime
Elon Musk has responded to Donald Trump’s Truth Social post declaring “D.C. will be LIBERATED today”. The US President earlier today announced that he is federalizing the Washington D.C. police along with deploying the National Guard to the nation’s capital as part of a crime-fighting effort. The development comes a week after Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old software engineer and a prominent member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), previously led by Elon Musk, was beaten in an attempted carjacking in Washington. Trump then shared a photograph that appeared to show Coristine lying in the street bleeding, battered and shirtless.In a latest, Trump took to social media platform Truth Social stating: “Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR”. X user Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal shared Trump’s post which the Tesla CEO Elon Musk reshared on his timeline. Not only that, Musk also replied to a post by Stephen Miller – Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security’s post about the ‘emergency’ in Washington DC.“Washington DC is a nightmare of violence. Our President will rescue our nation’s capital from collapse and usher in a bright and brilliant future,” Miller wrote on X.
Elon Musk replied to his post with Flag of United States emoji.
What Donald Trump said
Sharing a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump wrote:“Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEARI will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN!The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! I quickly fixed the Border (ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months!), D.C. is next!!!Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT”
Former DOGE employee attacked in Washington DC
As stated earlier, a 19-year-old software engineer, who goes by the online alias Big Balls, was attacked in the national capital last week. “Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control,” Trump then wrote in an online post.“Local “youths” and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released,” he stated adding “The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these “minors” as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14. The most recent victim was beaten mercilessly by local thugs”.
