(The Hill) -- President Donald Trump is threatening to federalize the District of Columbia — and the catalyst is an unusual one.

In the early hours of Sunday, a young man was allegedly beaten in an attempted carjacking in the nation’s capital.

The man in question is Edward Coristine, who had a burst of fame earlier this year owing to the combination of his role in Elon Musk’s quasi-official Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and his nickname: "Big Balls."

Trump on Tuesday afternoon posted a message on social media that included a photo of a bloodied Coristine and the president’s sentiments that crime in Washington was “totally out of control.”

Although Trump neither named Coristine nor made any reference to his DOGE role, he added that “if D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and

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