President Trump on Monday announced he was putting the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard in what he portrayed as a crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital.

“This is liberation day in D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back,” said Trump, who has long floated plans to overhaul the District, which is governed by a council of elected representatives and a mayor.

“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people, and we’re not going to let it happen anymore,” the president told a packed White House press briefing room.

With D.C. police now under federal control, here’s what to expect next.

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