Vance, Hegseth and Miller Called “Nazis” - A Play of Lies and Escalation

On Wednesday, Union Station in Washington D.C. offered the grotesque image of an orchestrated spectacle that could hardly be surpassed in its absurdity. Vice President J. D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump’s ideological architect Stephen Miller appeared there, flanked by heavily armed National Guardsmen, as if it were a war zone. The scene was as carefully staged as it was transparent: an attempt to underpin Trump’s “crime campaign” in the capital with images of strength and determination. Yet what emerged was less state-bearing power than a failed PR stunt - and the angry voices from the crowd who called the three government representatives “Nazis” struck at the heart of the farce. For the allegedly dramatically increased crime in Washington, which is supposed to justify the deployment of the National Guard and martial rhetoric, simply does not exist in this form. Official statistics, in some cases even manipulated and “substantiated” with questionable documents, paint a completely different picture. Washington struggles with problems like any major city, but there can be no talk of the “anarchy” that Miller invoked that day. Rather, it is a political myth, constructed to spread fear, expand control and mobilize their own camp.

In his speech in front of the station, in which he staged himself with his usual self-assurance, Stephen Miller railed against “communists” who allegedly wanted to destroy the city. “We will NOT allow the communists to destroy this great American city, let alone the capital of the nation!” he shouted pathetically. But reality told a different story: the only “enemies” Miller had to fight were citizens who shouted loudly at him and his companions that they were not welcome. Miller further indulged in the claim that the protesters had “no roots, no connections to this city.” An infamous distortion, considering that many of those present are themselves from Washington, raise families there and have been fighting for years against the social inequality that Trump and his allies systematically exacerbate. In truth, it was Miller who seemed like a foreign body - an ideological agitator who tried to conjure up a reality with martial words that simply does not exist.

In the end, however, his appearance was unmasked by reality: by the chants calling Vance, Hegseth and him “Nazis,” by the banners denouncing their lies, and by the simple fact that Washington D.C., despite all its challenges, is not a city in a state of emergency but a metropolis that above all suffers from the permanent abuse by a government that invents crime to justify its power games. Thus, the appearance at Union Station remains a symbol of what Trump and his men embody these days: a regime that, with fake data and a martial backdrop, tries to create the impression of a collapsing America - and is exposed on an open stage by the people as what it is: a play of fear, lies and political depravity.

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