Oakland has once again found itself in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump, who said Monday he would place the nation’s capital under federal control and named the East Bay town among the other cities he may target.

Trump promised to activate the National Guard to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department, an effort he said would involve cracking down on crime and removing homeless encampments in the city.

Declaring a public safety emergency in the capital, the president added, “We have other cities also that are bad — very bad,” naming Chicago and Los Angeles as examples.

“And then you have, of course, Baltimore and Oakland,” he continued. “We don’t even mention that any more there — they are so far gone. We’re not going to let it happen. We’re not going to lose our cities ov

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