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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(131,460 posts)
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 06:48 PM Aug 2025

Why is the Trump administration taking over Union Station in Washington, D.C.?

ers of the National Guard stand guard at Union Station in Washington, D.C. (Xinhua/Shutterstock)
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is assuming control of Washington, D.C.’s Union Station, the main transportation hub in the nation’s capital. The move marks another step in President Trump’s takeover of Washington, which began earlier this month when the federal government took charge of law enforcement in the city.

The station had been run by Amtrak, a for-profit company that’s primarily owned by the government, but will now be under the command of the Department of Transportation.

“Instead of being a point of pride, Washington’s Union Station has fallen into disrepair,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday. “By reclaiming station management, we will help make this city safe and beautiful at a fraction of the cost.”

Union Station, which is a roughly 10-minute walk from Capitol Hill, has become “dilapidated” and “known more as a center for vagrancy than a hub for commerce and travel,” the department wrote in a press release announcing the change.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/why-is-the-trump-administration-taking-over-union-station-in-washington-dc-184846151.html

I thought it was because Vance was told to "go fuck a couch." He militarized DC because "Big Balls" got beat up by a 15-year-old girl so why not.

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Why is the Trump administration taking over Union Station in Washington, D.C.? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 OP
A fraction of the cost my ass CanonRay Aug 2025 #1
Over 1 million per day.................... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #2
Like there's nothing better to spend it on CanonRay Aug 2025 #6
Since when does he friggin care about $$$ vapor2 Aug 2025 #3
Because he hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #4
Next he'll have to drive the choo-choos The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #5
because they are assholes LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #7
First they came for the trains ... you know the rest. usonian Aug 2025 #8
It's a facade - literally & figuratively Smilo Aug 2025 #9

vapor2

(3,511 posts)
3. Since when does he friggin care about $$$
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 06:56 PM
Aug 2025

when he was using military planes to originally deport people?? And when he put 4000 goons in LA? WTF?

hildegaard28

(792 posts)
4. Because he
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 06:56 PM
Aug 2025

Hates trains and wants them to fail? The only reason that massive failure would take over anything. He's got the magic touch for bankruptcy.

The Blue Flower

(6,274 posts)
5. Next he'll have to drive the choo-choos
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 07:06 PM
Aug 2025

He won't stop until he's running everything. Stalin was a piker.

usonian

(22,747 posts)
8. First they came for the trains ... you know the rest.
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 08:25 PM
Aug 2025

They won't stop until stopped.



Fascist playbook.

You're living it.

Fascist Playbook. step by step.

10 Small Steps: Executing the Fascist Playbook
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-small-steps-executing-the-fascist-playbook_b_585dfec2e4b04d7df167cfab

The Fascists’ Playbook
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/08/the-fascists-playbook/

Smilo

(2,005 posts)
9. It's a facade - literally & figuratively
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 08:58 PM
Aug 2025

because there is no money going to roads or bridges or other actual needed repairs to infrastructure.

Just look at the (gold) paint and ignore the Epstein files.

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