WASHINGTON — As the U.S. capital braces for a second week with soldiers and masked federal agents conducting “roving patrols” on the city streets, President Trump says he knows some Americans fear he’s crossed a dangerous line.

Tensions grow as Trump and Washington, D.C. officials fight over police authority

Tension in the nation’s capital escalated over the question of who controls the city’s police department after Washington, D.C.’s Attorney General sued over the White House’s bid for full control.

“Already they’re saying, ‘He’s a dictator,'” Trump said Wednesday, speaking at the Kennedy Center in Washington. “The place is going to hell and we’ve got to stop it. So instead of saying ‘He’s a dictator,’ they should say, ‘We’re going to join him and make Washington safe.'”

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