President Donald Trump's Department of Transportation has taken control of Union Station in Washington, D.C., removing management from Amtrak amid claims of disrepair. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the agency will reclaim station management to improve safety and beautify the city at a fraction of the cost. The action follows the deployment of the National Guard to Washington about two weeks earlier as part of a federal crime crackdown. President Trump has publicly praised the crackdown's results, while critics on the political left have condemned the move as the creation of a police state.
(Mariam Zuhaib/AP photo) President Donald Trump's Department of Transportation has seized control of Union Station in Washington, D.C., further exerting government control over the nation's capital. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that the agency was taking over the station from Amtrak, saying it has fallen into disrepair in recent years. By reclaiming station management, we will help make this city safe and beautiful at a fraction of the cost, Duffy said in a statement.
The announcement comes about two weeks after the Trump administration sent the National Guard into D.C. in a massive federal crime crackdown. Since then, Trump has regularly touted the success of the action, which the president's adversaries on the left have criticized as the creation of a police state.
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