The president is justified in using federal power to intervene in cities experiencing high crime rates that local officials fail to address.

“Trump having to use the powers of the federal government to clean up places that refuse to clean up themselves. Did it in DC now seems to be doing it in Chicago and we'll see what happens uh with that.”

Krystal Ball argues that the current administration is actively consolidating control and using militarized federal responses to bypass due process and intimidate political opponents.

“This is about trying to create a one party state. This is about trying and this is 100% the case. I mean, if you look at we just said, we didn't get this into this show because it just broke yesterday. They're now trying to turn the IRS into a, you know, a investigation of any of their political opp”

Modern efforts to dismantle federal power are intended to consolidate control among a wealthy few.

“So, what they are trying to do is to dismantle the power of the federal government in order, and this is the piece people keep seem to forget, in order to give power to a very few people who will have all the money and who will, will run the our lives for the rest of us.”