In a fiery Oval Office moment, President Donald Trump announced he is “considering” federalizing the D.C. police force amid what he called an “out-of-control” crime wave in the nation’s capital. Citing a recent brutal assault on a young man, Trump blasted the city’s rising crime, unsafe streets, graffiti, and decaying infrastructure.
The president suggested the National Guard may be brought in to stabilize the situation, declaring that “we’re going to do something about it.” He emphasized his vision of a “safe and beautiful capital” and criticized city leadership for neglect and lawlessness. Trump also vowed to improve the capital’s appearance, from rundown medians to littered streets. While details remain unclear, his remarks have sparked major political debate over federal authority in D.C., especially regarding local law enforcement. The possibility of direct federal intervention has stunned city officials and reignited national discussion over crime, policing, and urban safety.
00:00Are you considering taking over the D.C. police? Is that an option on the table?
00:04We're considering it. Yeah, because the crime is is ridiculous.
00:08I could show you a chart comparing D.C. to other locations and you're not going to want to see what it looks like.
00:15It was just up on television. Actually, they were showing it.
00:18Now, we want to have a great, safe capital and we're going to have it.
00:22And that includes cleanliness and includes other things.
00:25We have a capital that's very unsafe. You know, we just almost lost a young man, beautiful, handsome guy that got the hell knocked out of him the night before last.
00:37And I'm going to call him now. We wanted to give him a little recovery time.
00:43We just put a call into him. They're calling back a little while.
00:46But he went through a bad situation, to put it mildly. And there's too much of it.
00:53We're going to we're going to do something about it. So whether you call it federalized or what.
00:58And that also includes the graffiti that you see, the papers all over the place, the roads that are in bad shape, the medians that are falling down, the median in between roads that's falling down.
01:10We're going to beautify the city. We're going to make it beautiful.
01:14And what a shame. The rate of crime, the rate of muggings, killings and everything else.
01:20We're not going to let it. And that includes bringing in the National Guard, maybe very quickly, too.
01:25Are you considering taking over the D.C. police? Is that an option on the table?
01:29We're considering it. Yeah, because the crime is is ridiculous.
01:34I could show you a chart comparing D.C. to other locations and you're not going to want to see what it looks like.
01:39It was just up on television. Actually, they were showing it.
01:43Now, we want to have a great, safe capital and we're going to have it.
01:48And that includes cleanliness and includes other things.
01:50We have a capital that's very unsafe.
01:53You know, we just almost lost a young man, beautiful, handsome guy that got the hell knocked out of him the night before last.
02:02And I'm going to call him now. We wanted to give him a little recovery time.
02:09We just put a call into him. They're calling back a little while.
02:11But he went through a bad situation, to put it mildly.
02:17And there's too much of it. We're going to we're going to do something about it.
02:21So whether you call it federalized or what.
02:24And that also includes the graffiti that you see, the papers all over the place, the roads that are in bad shape, the medians that are falling down, the median in between roads that's falling down.
02:36We're going to beautify the city. We're going to make it beautiful.
02:39And what a shame.
02:42The rate of crime, the rate of muggings, killings and everything else.
02:46We're not going to let it. And that includes bringing in the National Guard, maybe very quickly, too.
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