New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- American TV host Rachel Maddow ripped into United States President Donald Trump hours after he deployed National Guard into Washington DC reportedly to curb the rate of crime, saying it is not about that but "authoritarian takeover" of the country. Rachel Maddow said Donald Trump "enjoys" using the US military against American citizens.

Speaking on The Rachel Maddow Show on Tuesday, August 12, night, the TV host said, "Let's be generous here. Maybe it's not really just a generic tough-on-crime thing. Maybe it's specifically because it's DC, which is the seat of the U.S. federal government. Maybe [Trump's] just really sensitive about protecting the federal government."

Rachel Maddow said the deployment of the Nation...