President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will federalize the D.C. police and deploy the National Guard to the city, prompting fact checks on social media.

“This is liberation day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back,” Trump said during a news conference at the White House.

“Washington, D.C. should be one of the safest, cleanest, most beautiful places anywhere in the world. It was, years ago,” he said in concluding remarks.

While flanked by top administration officials, Trump compared crime levels in D.C. to other cities, citing an assault against Edward Coristine, a former staffer under the Department of Government Efficiency who has become known online as “Big Balls,” during an attempted carjacking, according to a police report. He also noted the death of a co

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