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SunSeeker

(56,673 posts) Wed Aug 6, 2025, 01:19 AM Aug 6

Trump threatens federal control of D.C. following attack on administration staffer known as 'Big Balls'

Source: NBC News

President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to have the federal government take control of Washington, D.C., after an assault on a well-known original staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency in the nation's capital over the weekend.

Edward Coristine, also known by his online name, “Big Balls,” and a woman characterized in a police report as his significant other were the victims of an unarmed attempted carjacking early Sunday.

Washington Metropolitan Police on Tuesday announced the arrests of two 15-year-old suspects from Maryland.

The report added that police officers saw about 10 “juveniles” surrounding the car and assaulting Coristine, which prompted the officers to get out of their vehicle and all but two of the juveniles, whom police arrested, to flee. Police said that in an interview, Coristine said he pushed the woman identified as his significant other into the car and “turned to deal with the suspects,” who in turn assaulted him.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293

As the article notes, crime in DC is actually down 26%. These teens didn't even have weapons.

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Trump threatens federal control of D.C. following attack on administration staffer known as 'Big Balls' (Original Post) SunSeeker Aug 6 OP

He'd threaten that if a leaf fell off a tree. usonian Aug 6 #1

True. Trump hates DC because it is only 37% white. nt SunSeeker Aug 6 #2

A Trump Reichstag Fire moment muriel_volestrangler Aug 6 #3

What kind of dope decides it's a good idea to fight Deminpenn Aug 6 #4

Born and Raised in the DMV LoCo Cat Lady Aug 6 #5

The woman asked not to be identified out of embarrassment Prairie Gates Aug 6 #6

Big Balls was out at 3 AM Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 6 #7

Skeptical of the story Nululu Aug 7 #8

usonian

(20,500 posts)

1. He'd threaten that if a leaf fell off a tree.

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 02:44 AM

Aug 6

No excuse is too small to retaliate with 1000x the force (as long as some other flunky applies it). He's 🐓💩

SunSeeker

(56,673 posts)

2. True. Trump hates DC because it is only 37% white. nt

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 02:47 AM

Aug 6

muriel_volestrangler

(104,720 posts)

3. A Trump Reichstag Fire moment

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 04:02 AM

Aug 6

A bit of criminality happens, and he tries to use it as an excuse to seize power and abolish democracy.

(I was looking for the right adjective before "Reichstag"; I wondered about "dime store" or "knock-off", but, thinking about it, "Trump" itself works there - "Trump University", "Trump Steaks", "Trump Casino", "Trump Wine" etc. "Trump presidency", for that matter.)

Deminpenn

(17,002 posts)

4. What kind of dope decides it's a good idea to fight

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 06:09 AM

Aug 6

12-15 people by yourself?

LoCo Cat Lady

(85 posts)

5. Born and Raised in the DMV

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:37 AM

Aug 6

I've been in the DC metro area my entire life and I can tell you the carjackings are a problem. There have been too many occasions of serious bodily harm and/or death related to them in DC. While I absolutely do not want this admin running DC (or any admin for that matter), the past few years have been bad. Glad the numbers are going down but we need to acknowledge the problem.