The president makes a provocative complaint at the meeting of the cabinet while the National Guard Patrouille DC

President Donald Trump Tuesday, journalists said that he thought that crime will be a major objective in the mid-term elections in 2026, a theme on which he has greatly brought in recent days to stimulate his support for his controversial “federalization” in Washington, DC

Speaking Tuesday at a meeting from the Cabinet to the White House, Trump was asked about his push to “federalize” The national capital by invoking the DC Home Rule Act to deploy hundreds of troops from the National Guard of DC throughout the city – an effort which it has suggested to more than one opportunity should be adopted by certain cities led by Democrats, including Chicago.

“I think the crime will be the great thing,” said Trump, concerning the mid -term elections of 2026. The rest of his response was unambiguous – so hyperbolic and lacking in details.

“The Republicans are the party that wants to stop crime,” he said. “We are against crime.”

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The national guard troops were posted at Union Station in Washington, DC, while commuters and tourists arrived on August 20, 2025. (Fox News Digital / Emma Woodhead)

“Democrats love crime,” said Trump without providing other explanations.

Trump’s remarks seem to focus on Chicago and other American cities led by Democrats where Trump has threatened, in recent weeks, to deploy the National Guard to “clean up” cities.

That, in fact, he can do, remains an open question – and that which the experts have suggested could invite a litany of problems and legal challenges.

President Donald Trump is expressed with members of the law forces and soldiers of the National Guard, Thursday, August 21, 2025, in Washington, DC (Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

“It is hard to believe what was accomplished in 12 days,” Trump told journalists of the last 12 days of his federalization effort.

Trump then turned to other questions on which he suggested that democrats were weak, including border security, rights for transgender people and “men playing women”, before submitting to specific sports.

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The troops of the National Guard carrying rifles patrol a district of nightlife in Washington, DC, on August 23, 2025, as part of the repression of the crime of the Trump administration. (Craig Hudson / Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s remarks are involved in the midst of his continuous defense of his “federalization” of DC, which began 12 days ago and temporarily involved the control of the city’s police forces and the deployment of national guard troops throughout the capital of the country.

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The president praised the success of his efforts on Tuesday, telling journalists: “If I was a democrat – governor or mayor or anyone – I would call President Trump and say:” President Trump, we need your help. We saw what you did to DC in a period of 12 days. “”

“It’s 12 days. We haven’t even started. It will be so sure. It will be the safest place on the earth,” he said.