President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will continue to take over American cities, no matter what Congress thinks.

“Well, if it's a national emergency, we can do it without Congress,” Trump said when asked whether he would ask Congress to extend his federal takeover of Washington beyond its 30-day limit. “But we expect to be to Congress, before Congress, very quickly. And again, we think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously.”

“We’re going to need a crime bill that we’re going to be putting in, and it’s going to pertain initially to D.C.,” he said, without clarifying the specifics of what that bill would entail. However, that “initially” suggests that Trump sees his D.C. takeover as a blueprint for other Dem

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