Trump Nanny State: Troops Warn Man Smoking Cigarette Outside His Residence in DC

Donald Trump's troops are very busy checking what people are smoking outside as DC protests Trump's mobilization against releasing the Epstein Files.

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It seems as if there isn’t enough violent crime to distract from Trump covering up the Epstein Files, because smoking a cigarette outside is enough to get Donald Trump’s federal agents who are trying to “stop violent crime” to question someone about what they are smoking.

A guy was sitting outside of his residence smoking a cigarette, and Trump’s very necessary federal agents stopped him to ask what he was smoking. They kindly warned him that due to Trump deploying federal agents, he and his boys should know that smoking weed and drinking outside will not be tolerated.

The man and others sitting outside were glad to be informed about the specifics of the law, but seemed confused about the nanny state situation.

Federal Agents: You all staying out of trouble? You got your ID on you?

Man Smoking Cigarette: No, I live right here. Did y'all get a call or something about right here.

Federal Agent: No, so we're doing checks. Everybody safe down here, right have you ever you heard of the federal surge that Donald Trump is? No, you don't follow three? Trump's got all federal agencies coming together, seven days, going out, trying to stop the violent crime, all kind of stuff.

So we're out here contacting people, talking to them right. Quality of life, defense is smoking, drinking in public, right? Can't happen outside. Most people know that. So we're contacting people, trying to advise them to the law so they learn right?

And then, if there's other stuff going on, where it turns into there's multiple agencies. We're sat here trying to inform people. It's not like we're trying to just go grab you, ruin someone's life over a joint or something like that, alright.

Man Smoking Cigarette: I only ask because when you walked up at the moment you walk up, you on your heads.

Federal Agent: Yeah, well, it smelled like the odor of marijuana per marijuana in here, right? And you'd only guy to have something lit in your hand. I didn't flash. So just know, right? Learn, teach, tell your boys like, Yo everybody's out from FBI.

So do your thing. Let them know. Don't be smoking outside. Don't be drinking outside. Donald Trump—

Crosstalk - someone says they didn’t know smoking weed outside was against the law.

Federal Agent: You didn't know smoking in public, yeah, so DC is recreational use as well, right? You can legally possess up to two ounces. You can give an ounce to your boy, right? So if you had two ounces and he said you need a visit, you can get a visit, but you can't smoke outside.

— Public safety meeting over—

Donald Trump’s Nanny State

This interaction seems pretty harmless given what Trump wants to be happening in DC and props to everyone for keeping their heads, but two things stick out. One, it’s it’s disconcerting and not cool to have federal agents wander up to your residence to ask what you’re smoking outside and ask for your ID. And two, is this Nanny State for real?

Donald Trump is spending tax dollars on waste, fraud and abuse? Apparently so.

Obviously Trump wanted any excuse to federalize troops against the American people, especially in blue cities. As Maddow said last night, “We clearly are now in the part of the attempted authoritarian takeover where our authoritarian leader just starts trying to turn our own military to face us, the people of this country.”

So Trump took the alleged sort of maybe attempted carjacking that involved the alleged perpetrators telling the victim they were going to carjack them — that is, the story of former DOGE teenager “Big Balls” being assaulted. Trump wants to use “violent crime” as an excuse for a power grab, except that of course he is an inciter of violent crime, so that’s awkward.

But facts don’t matter to his supporters, who no doubt have forgotten all about the sex trafficking they spent the last decade obsessed over and are now apparently very focused on what random people in DC are smoking outside of their homes.

Nothing says ‘individual liberty’ quite like Donald Trump’s federalized Nanny State. This is what conservatives are really all about: Putting our troops in the streets to ask people what they are smoking.

American freedom, baby.

The agent speaking with the man smoking his cigarette seemed to be handling the situation in which he, perhaps unwittingly, finds himself as well as we might hope. This is a good reminder that the enemy is not the troops; rather, the enemy of democracy is embedded deep in our government. It wants violence between the troops and the people. Deny it this excuse.

DC Pushes Back

This isn’t going down without pushback. The people of DC are out protesting and saying get the criminals out of DC, starting with the Epstein List:

Video from r/PublicFreakout

Donald Trump covered up his involvement in the Epstein List.

This internet meme seems fitting: