Trump wants to go after cities across the US to settle political scores, assert himself as a strongman and, potentially, arrest his opponents
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It’s not about immigration – or rather, it’s not just about immigration.
Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, sent letters this week to dozens of cities and counties around the country, warning them that their leaders could be prosecuted and federal funds stripped from their cities if they don’t “cooperate” with Donald Trump’s deportation scheme.
The threats against cities come amid a backdrop of a crackdown on crime in Washington DC, where Trump, after similar actions in Los Angeles, has sent in the military against the wishes of local leaders.
