Trump's D.C. Federal Takeover Threat

In describing what he says his administration changed in Washington, D.C., Trump gave specific, anecdotal details—he claimed the city restored “22 fountains…that are all working,” and said a pool had been built in 1928, leaked for decades, and “now…[is] done properly” and “not gonna leak.” He also said restaurant space has opened up, claiming “People are coming, restaurants are thriving” and that before his changes “restaurants were all closing, closed.”

A report on Trump’s crime claims said the latest Metropolitan Police Department data do not match his “92% down on crime” figure, citing specific comparisons: “Violent crime, including homicides, has seen a 3% drop so far this year compared to the same time last year,” and “For all of last year, violent crime was down 29%.”

Mediaite reported that Trump’s threat-style rhetoric has precedent in New York politics: it said that while Trump’s warnings to New York (before Zohran Mamdani won) included deploying federal troops to “clean up” the city and potentially arresting/deporting Mamdani, those outcomes “didn’t happen,” but Trump “did make good on his threat to withhold federal funding from the city.”