President Donald Trump has doubled down on his campaign against crime in Washington D.C. with another Truth Social post in which he boldly proclaimed: “The White House is in charge.”

The post, published on Wednesday night, repeats many of the same talking points Trump used–and was subsequently criticized for–at the Monday press conference where he announced his decision to federalize D.C. police.

In it, Trump argues, “Washington, D.C., has one of the Highest Rates of Crime in the World, more than many of the most violent Third World Countries.”

He continues, ”The City’s Homicide Rate is higher than places notorious for their violence, such as Mexico City, Bogota, Islamabad, and Addis Ababa — Almost ten times higher than Fallujah, Iraq.”

”If D.C. were a State, it would have the highest

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