President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would request funding from Congress to beautify Washington, the latest development in his plans to dramatically remake a city he says was overrun with crime and decay before he intervened.

Trump said Friday morning that he would seek $2 billion for the cleanup. When a reporter asked him about the funding several hours later in the Oval Office, he said he "wouldn't even know where to spend" that amount.

"It's going to be not a lot of money," Trump said Friday afternoon.

Trump said the administration would improve light fixtures and roads within a three-mile radius of the Capitol and the White House, as he accused Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, a Democrat, of failing to keep the city clean. His focus on public safety -- including

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