Neil Young Shares New Song “Big Crime” Protesting Donald Trump’s Takeover Of DC

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A couple of weeks ago, Donald Trump announced that the National Guard and various federal law enforcement agencies would take over the job of policing Washington, DC. Trump claimed that crime in DC was out of control, though it’s recently been at its lowest point in decades, and tons of Republican governors made a big show out of sending their own National Guard troops to DC. The people of the city, who have no vote in presidential elections, did not ask for this takeover, and Trump himself is massively unpopular there. It’s a blatantly illegal action and a preview of what Trump and his cronies are planning for other American cities, and Neil Young is not having it.

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