Says He’s Going to Make DC “the Greatest, Most Beautiful, Safest Capital Anywhere in the World”
President Trump on Wednesday rejected the crazy idea from Democrats that Washington, DC, should be the nation’s 51st state and outlined his plans to further clean up the mess and gentrify the nation’s capital.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump announced on Monday that he is taking federal control over DC’s Metropolitan Police Department and authorizing the use of national guard troops to solve the “public safety emergency” in the nation’s capital.
“This is Liberation Day in DC, and we’re going to take our capital back,” he told reporters in the White House press briefing room.
In response to this crackdown, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a podcast appearance on Tuesday that Washington, DC, “should be the 51st state.” Previously, in 2021, Bowser called on Democrats in Congress to put a DC Statehood bill on Biden’s desk “within the first 100 days of the 117th Congress,” the Hill reports.
Trump responded on Wednesday, calling the idea of statehood for the roughly 68 square mile city that has a smaller population than the average US Congressional District “ridiculous” and “unacceptable,” noting that it would only give the Democrats more seats in Congress. Over 90% of the uber-liberal capital city voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in 2024, with Trump receiving just over 6%. Future Democratic state leaders would make DC’s crime, homelessness, and cost of living even worse.
Instead, “what we want to do is make Washington, DC, the greatest, most beautiful, safest capital anywhere in the world, and that’s going to happen,” Trump told reporters at the Kennedy Center before laying out his plan to rejuvenate the city.
The President also emphasized the importance of maintaining a safe, clean, and beautiful capital during his hosting of foreign leaders. When they see the ghetto, rotten city, “It’s embarrassing,” he said.
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