WASHINGTON — President Trump again threatened Tuesday to bring the District of Columbia under federal control due to “out of control” crime in the nation’s capital.

“Local ‘youths’ and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released,” Trump posted in a lengthy statement on Truth Social.

President Trump re-issued his threat to issue federal control over Washington DC due to “out of control” crime. Getty Images

The president urged city officials to begin charging minors as adults for violent crimes beginning at age 14 — and “lock them up for a long time”.

“If D.C. doesn’t get its act together,” Trump wrote, “we will have no choice but to take

See Full Page