Trump aims at the mayor of DC, threatening the federal takeover of the national capital

President Donald Trump threatened a “complete federal takeover of” the national capital, accusing Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser to disseminate “inaccurate crime figures”.

In a Friday morning job On Truth Social, the president said: “Washington, DC is again safe! The crowd returns, the spirit is high, and our national guard and our DC police do a fantastic job. They are in force and do not play games !!!

“The mayor Muriel Bowser must immediately stop giving false and very inaccurate crime figures, or bad things will happen, including a complete and total federal takeover of the city! Washington DC will soon be excellent again !!!” He added.

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Washington, mayor of DC, Murial Bowser, speaks at a press conference outside the courthouse of E. Barrett Prettyman after a court hearing on August 15, 2025 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Fox News Digital contacted the mayor’s office early Friday morning to request a comment from Bowser.

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Last week, he rendered a prescription leading the mayor “to provide the services of the metropolitan police forces for federal purposes” and published a memorandum ordering the defense secretary “to mobilize the National Guard of the Columbia district and members of the order to an active service” to attack the problem of the city’s crime.

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President Trump had previously threatened federal takeover at DC in a social post of truth at the beginning of the month.

“If DC does not bring together his act, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take federal control of the city, and to direct this city how it should be managed and to put the criminals in note that they will not stick anymore,” he said in part on August 5 on August 5 job.

In August 2023, when President Joe Biden was still in office, Trump promoted the idea, noting in a job That he “called for a federal takeover of this dirt and this crime to the embarrassment of our nation, where murders have just broken the record of all time, other violent crimes have never worse, and tourists fled”.

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“Violent crimes at DC are at its lowest level in 30 years,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser on social networks publications Last week. “We had an unacceptable peak in 2023, so we changed our laws and our strategies. Now, the crime levels are not only decreasing compared to 2023, but before the pandemic. Our tactics work and we will not remove the foot from the gas.”