Trump is a bully

And he does not need to be.

For a 79 year old, he is in great shape. Better than 99 percent of people his age. He can golf, he may even be able to still play tennis. I am 63 this year, and he can beat me in both - even without cheating at golf. 

He got caught in L.A. and lost in court. DC is trying to use that precedent, but it does not apply in the same way. The DC AG, as I said previously, should go after him for rioting - planning, inciting and directing (and cancelling once his strike forces got arrested - or shot). The people Trump pardoned have no immunity, should the AG convene a grand jury. 

Trump has no chance on Chicago. The question is whether the Illinois National Guard commander will call his bluff - as legal precedent are now on the side of the Governor of Illinois - who is powerful and not a bully - but he will stand up to one.

I have no problem with Guard Troops in Ivy City, Benning Terrace or anywhere around public housing. Indeed, the HUD security forces need to be beefed up and empowered to patrol neighborhoods - at least until fathers are allowed in houses having benefits - with income thresholds adjusted so that poorer two income families qualify. Until then, patrolling those areas with troops is fine with me - in DC only. Also, either get rid of the congressional steam plant or have the national capital planning area director arrange for street work to  repair the annual damage and pay it with a no-year appropriation - as is required in the D.C. Charter.

Trump needs to quit looking like a local dictator, however. It demeans the office - especially around the Kennedy Center. The world has plenty of problems that he needs to address - especially if he listens to Rubio. He should fire Pete.

As to being safe in restaurants, Americans have a First Amendment right to shout down any Trump flunky who dines out in DC. If they can't take it, they can call Door Dash (not the National Guard).