Washington, DC, already lacks representation in Congress, has no control over its own budget, and cannot pass laws free from congressional interference. Now under the Trump administration, the city is moving toward bantustan status.

Authorities have identified the suspect in Wednesday’s ambush shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C., as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national who has been living in Washington state,

Officials also reveal the Afghan suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, drove across the country from Washington state before the attack.

The two members of the West Virginia National Guard who were shot in Washington on Wednesday were among more than 2,000 troops deployed to the nation’s capital as part of President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting mission that involved taking over the local police department.