President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing whether to take control of the city of Washington, DC, to help combat crime, in a move that would represent a dramatic upheaval to the capital’s half-century of home rule.

If a communist gets elected to New York, it can never be the same,” Trump said. “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.” Trump has not said exactly how he would accomplish a takeover of NYC or what it means,

US President Donald Trump has threatened a federal takeover of two Democratic-ruled states--New York City and Washington, DC--if local leaderships do not align with his administration's vision.