President Donald Trump has proposed that the federal government should “take over Washington, D.C.,” and governed it, with many homeless camps saying, “too many crimes, too many graffiti” according to some reports. I mentioned something too much.
Jake Sherman, Founder of Punchbowl News Share The words Trump told reporters in Air Force 1 quoted White House reporter Talini Parthi. Wall Street Journal As a sauce.
“I think we should govern the District of Columbia… I think we should do that strongly, do it in law and order, and make it absolutely perfect,” Trump said. was reported as he said. “And I think we should take over Washington, DC. They have great police stations. For some reason, they're not properly utilized. They need to manage DC. The federal government is We need to take over DC governance and do it really, really well done.”
Trump also liked Washington, DC, but Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) shared that “great with the mayor” and that the DC government “is not doing work,” according to a press.
“I like mayors. I get along well with the mayors, they don't do their job. There are too many crimes, too many graffiti, too many tents on the grass, there are spectacular grass. , there are tents. That's sad, homeless people all over the place, we have to take care of the homeless,” Trump added. “But you can't have that in Washington, DC.”
Shelby Talcott, White House correspondent with Semafor, also shared it. post On X, Trump said he said he thought the federal government should “take over Washington, DC.”
“Trump told Air Force reporters tonight that the federal government “should take over Washington, D.C..”
Trump's words come as he said before post Socially true from October 2023, the District of Columbia “will become a dirty, criminally driven death trap, must be taken over by the federal government and run properly.”
“It's part of my election platform. Trump wrote in his post at the time.
Washington, DC, on the 182 list of “the safest cities in the United States,” was listed as 172. According to Go to Wallethub. Other cities such as Baltimore, Maryland. Philadelphia, PA. Detroit, Michigan, was ranked under the District of Columbia.
Although crimes in Washington, DC fell in 2023 in 2024, crimes such as car theft, assault with dangerous weapons and other types of theft remained high. Website.
Data showed that there were 1,412 reports of assaults with dangerous weapons in 2023 and 1,026 reports in 2024, representing a 27% decline.
Data also showed that there were 6,809 reports of car theft in 2023, while there were 5,139 reports in 2024, representing a 25% decline.
Wendell Husebo of Breitbart News previously reported that in 2023, DC officials “reduced the police department's budget by 1.7% from 2022.”
