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## Video: Trump Says the Federal Government Should ‘Take Over’ Washington, D.C.

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_Published 2025-02-20. President Donald Trump threw his support behind congressional efforts for a federal takeover of the nation's capital, saying he approves putting the District of Columbia back under direct federal control._


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## Transcript

Do you think DC should govern itself? Or do you think that governing of District of Columbia should go back to Congress? I think that we should govern District of Columbia. It's so important that DC situation. I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawlessly beautiful. And I think we should take over Washington, DC. Make it safe. People are getting killed. People are being hurt. You have great police department there, but somehow they're not utilized properly. We should govern. DC. I think the federal government should take over the governance of DC and run it really, really properly.

And I like the mayor. I get along great. With the mayor, but they're not doing the job. Too much crime, too much graffiti, too. Many tents on the lawns. Of these magnificent lawns. And there's tents and, you know, it's the same. It's a sad thing. You know, homeless people all over the place. And we've got to take care of the homeless. But we can't have that in Washington, DC. You know, when they come over to see me, like Macron is coming and. The Prime Minister of UK is coming and all these people are coming over to see me. Uh, we'll have ultimately President XI. And we'll have everybody. Coming.

Right. And you can't let that be. You just can't let that happen. You can't have tents all over. Your beautiful, your once magnificent plazas and lawns and all. You just can't do it.

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