President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing whether to take control of the city of Washington, DC, to help combat crime, in a move that would represent a dramatic upheaval to the capital’s half-century of home rule.

We could run D.C. I mean, we’re looking at D.C.,” said President Donald Trump this Tuesday during a cabinet meeting. “We don’t want crime in D.C. We want the city to run well.”Washington D.C. was established as the nation’s capital in 1800,

President Trump suggested a federal takeover of New York City and Washington, claiming a "tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to."