President Donald Trump doesn’t mind letting his 30-day takeover of Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department lapse on Wednesday, White House officials tell CNN — mainly because he feels the city has taken steps to cooperate regardless.

Those officials argued that the executive order signed by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser last week — which calls for indefinite collaboration with federal law enforcement — achieves their goals without an extension that would typically require congressional approval.

Trump has previously vowed to push lawmakers to approve his continued federalization of the DC police force. But after Bowser’s order , the officials said he has abandoned plans to pressure GOP lawmakers to take up such a bill, which would have required some Democratic support in the Senate.

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