Law Enforcement to Increase in D.C. at Trump’s Direction

Federal agents are planning to increase their presence in the nation’s capital as directed by the Trump administration.

This from newsmax.com.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday:

This has to be the best-run place in the country, not the worst-run place in the country. And it has so much potential.

According to a White House official, increased policing may involve officers from Homeland Security, ICE, the FBI, and the National Guard. A D.C. official noted:

[I]t’s unclear if agents will have duties beyond their usual roles or presence on federal property.

An administration official said Thursday, noting operational specifics were still being determined:

D.C. residents can expect to see an increase in federal enforcement starting as early as tomorrow.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told NBC News in a statement:

Washington, D.C., is an amazing city, but it has sadly been plagued by petty and violent crime for far too long.

Further:

President Trump is committed to making our Nation’s capital safer and even more beautiful for its residents, lawmakers, and visitors from all around the world.

The administration is looking into the repeal of the Home Rule Act, a 1973 federal law that gives D.C. residents the power to elect their own mayor and city council members. The president’s increased focused on crime in the nation’s capital comes following the brutal attack on a former DOGE employee who was beaten this week while trying to assist a victim of a failed carjacking attempt.

The president posted on his Truth Social platform Tuesday:

[T]he Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these ‘minors’ as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14.

Further:

If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore.

And:

If this continues, I am going to exert my powers, and FEDERALIZE this City.

One of the executive orders Trump signed in March was aimed at revitalizing D.C. to “Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful.” Among the goals of the order are to have federal authorities assist the Metropolitan Police Department:

[To] facilitate the recruitment, retention, and capabilities of its police officers and to facilitate work with Federal personnel, resources, and expertise to reduce crime.

God speed to the Trump-Vance team.