Trump threatens to take over DC police, might bring in National Guard

The president's law enforcement comments came a day after Tuesday's threat to federalize control of the local government in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's considering a federal takeover of the local police force in Washington, D.C., and that he might bring in the National Guard to help handle crime in the city.

Trump's remarks went further than his threat Tuesday to take federal control of the nation's capital after a well-known original Department of Government Efficiency staffer was assaulted over the weekend.

Asked by a reporter at a White House event Wednesday whether taking over the Metropolitan Police Department is an “option on the table,” Trump said it was.

“We’re considering it. Yeah, because the crime is — is ridiculous,” Trump said before he referred to the former DOGE employee, Edward Coristine, without naming him.

“We 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," Trump said.