By The Related Press
The forty seventh president of the US threw his assist behind congressional efforts for a federal takeover of the nation’s capital on Feb. 19, saying he approves of placing the District of Columbia again underneath direct federal management.
Talking to reporters aboard Air Pressure One, Trump complained about crime and homelessness within the district, saying, “I believe we must always take over Washington, D.C. — make it protected.”
He added, “I believe that we must always govern [the] District of Columbia.”
Below phrases of the town’s House Rule authority, Congress already vets all D.C. legal guidelines and might outright overturn them. Some congressional Republicans have sought to go additional, eroding a long time of the town’s restricted autonomy and placing it again underneath direct federal management, because it was at its founding.
Trump stated he appreciated District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser personally, however complained concerning the metropolis’s governance.
“They’re not doing the job,” Trump stated. “An excessive amount of crime, an excessive amount of — too many tents on the lawns — these magnificent lawns.”
He argued that he can’t have sights of homelessness when he hosts international leaders in Washington. “You simply can’t let that occur,” Trump stated. “You’ll be able to’t have tents on all of your lovely — your as soon as magnificent plaza and lawns.”
