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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Shrai Popat

‘She doesn’t have the power to stop him’: DC mayor walks a tightrope with Trump

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Muriel Bowser, the Washington DC mayor, has had to walk a fine line with Donald Trump. Composite: Anadolu via Getty Images, AP

During a press conference at the end of August, Washington DC’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, made sure to say “thank you” – in her own way – for Donald Trump’s influx of federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

“We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,” Bowser said. She admitted that, after a recent meeting with the president, his knowledge of DC had “significantly increased” since his first term in the White House.

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