Skyrocketing Crime Prompts Trump To Eye Federal Takeover Of DC

The White House is considering a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. in an effort to combat crime following a high-profile shooting of a Capitol Hill intern, President Donald Trump remarked during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

The move could require potential congressional action or potential unilateral action from the President, depending on the scope and scale of the federalization, according to Bloomberg. Trump remarked that he was looking into the idea of seizing control of the city.

“We could run D.C. I mean, we’re looking at D.C.,” Trump said during the meeting. “We’re thinking about doing it, to be honest with you. We want a capital that’s run flawlessly.”

Talks of a federal takeover heated up following several highly public murders in the capital, including the fatal shooting of congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym last week and the murder of two Israeli Embassy staff members in May.

“I think that D.C. has to become a very safe place, and we’re not going to let anything bad happen to D.C.,” President Trump told Daily Caller White House Correspondent Reagan Reese on July 3. “That’s our beautiful state, and we’re not going to let anything bad…we’ll have something to say about it.”

The White House and Mayor Bowser’s office did not respond to a request for comment from the