Donald Trump’s D.C. power grab was sparked not by crime statistics, but by a Fox News segment and the brutal beating of a former ally nicknamed “Big Balls,” according to White House insiders.

The president announced on Monday that he will deploy the National Guard, take control of the police force, and assign FBI agents to fight street crime in Washington, D.C.

Trump has long pushed for more federal authority over the capital, a campaign that intensified during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. But aides say the tipping point came last week when Trump—who reportedly watches up to eight hours of TV a day—saw footage of Edward Coristine, a former DOGE staffer, bloodied after an attempted carjacking.

“When he saw a report on Fox about how bad it was in D.C., that was the final straw,”

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