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Although the step off Trump administration This week, the federalization of the country’s capital in the name of public safety has provoked disputes, the preliminary comments of the president show that the bold action has become a direct promise of the company.
Hundreds of troops of the National Guard and Federal Agents were located for crimes and “decorate” the city after President Donald Trump Federalized Metropolitan Police Department Monday.
At the time Washington, District Colombia. The team’s step was promised several times during the Trump presidential campaign in 2024.
“The Americans mostly elected President Trump from his common sense policy, which is very popular with the American public – including law enforcement. To do DC again safely and stop a fierce crime – this is what President Trump has pledged to do and now he fulfills his promises,” said the White House. “Democratic politicians who oppose this step suffer from a serious case of Trump disorganization syndrome, and this is just one of the many reasons why their approval rating is recorded. Meanwhile, Americans from all walks of society can applaud.”
On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, participants of the National Guard and armored vehicles near the Washington monument in Washington, Colombia, USA. US President Donald Trump has announced that the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington will be controlled and the National Guard will deploy the national guard to push the crime and homelessness in the country’s capital. (Stephanie Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
After the murder of January 2024, Mike Gil, a Republican, who worked under the administrations of Obama and Trump in Washington, Colombia District, Trump posted the truth, the violence was unacceptable.
“A wonderful and brilliant Mike Gill, a highly respected Trump administration, was mercilessly and brutally shot dead during the edge in Washington,” Trump said on a social morning on Sunday. “His family and friends are devastated. The federal government must take DC”
On January 29, 2024, Gill was shot dead by the shore of daylight, sitting in a car parked in just a few quarters north of the National Mall.
He waited to pick up his wife from work when the armed car opened fire. He received a gunshot wound in his head and died three days later.
Former Obama and Trump Administration official Mike Gill was shot dead in Washington, Colombia District during a 2024 gun, and then died. (Fox 5)
At the event in Las Vegas, Trump doubled the promise to restore the right and order in the capital.
“We’re going to federalize it,” he said. “We will have the most violent law enforcement agencies in the country.”
Former Speaker of the Republican House News Gingrich also weighed this topic after Gill’s death, By calling Congress to “take control of back”.
“The death of Mike Gille from the attack from the stomach itself on the 14th street in the center of Washington, choosing a wife from work – is another example of why Congress should return control over our national capital,” – Gingrich wrote In the message X.
The police officers investigates firing on August 11, 2025 in Washington, Colombia District. The shooting takes place against the background of the Federal DC police and mobilization of the National Guard, which President Donald Trump states that it is necessary to restore order in the city. (Andrew Leiden/Getti Image)
I support Trump to take control of police DC – Constitution is on his side
Mayor Muriel Bowzer said a violent crime at the DC is at a 30-year minimum, but the city’s data show robberies and killings that arise after the pandemic.
DC records show that the violence with weapons jumped by 460% downtown, while the killings rose to 500% in residential districts such as Southwest/Waterfront and H Street.
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Trump has 30 days of temporary emergency control over the current legislation, and warned that he could declare a national emergency to extend it if Congress resists.
“You can’t have 30 days,” he said during a press conference in the center of Kennedy. “We will do it very soon, but we want to keep the extensions. I don’t want to call the national emergency, but if I need it, I will.”
The White House did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital request.
