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PRESIDENT TRUMP took extraordinary measures Monday to implement a federal crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., while warning other cities run by Democrats that the government stands ready to expand its enforcement efforts across the nation.

At a nearly two-hour press conference from the White House, Trump declared a “public safety emergency” in the nation's capital and a cited a rarely used law that allows him to temporarily take control of the District’s police department.

In addition, Trump is deploying the National Guard to assist local and federal law enforcement with patrols.

“I’m announcing historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, squalor and worse,” Trump said. “This is liberati

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