WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he will deploy National Guard troops to Washington D.C., as part of an aggressive federal effort to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital.

"We're taking our capital back," Trump said August 11. "We're taking it back."

Trump said the federal government would take control of Washinton's Metropolitan Police Department.

Trump in an earlier social media post on Aug. 10 said that the homeless in D.C. "have to move out, IMMEDIATELY," but he did not elaborate on how that will be accomplished.

Trump's actions follow a high-profile assault of staffer of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), 19-year-old Edward Coristine , that occured in the early morning hours of Aug. 3. during an attempted carjacking.

Trump declares public safety

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