{"id":51512,"date":"2025-02-20T00:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T05:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=51512"},"modified":"2025-02-20T00:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T05:15:44","slug":"trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Donald Trump said that the federal government should take over Washington, D.C., while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In remarks made on Wednesday, President Trump stated, &#8220;I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless, make it safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump noted that he gets along with Mayor Muriel Bowser but said, &#8220;They are not doing the job.&#8221; He also praised the Washington, D.C., police but added, &#8220;They&#8217;re not utilized properly.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The federal government should take over the governance of D.C. and run it really, really properly,&#8221; Trump stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump cited crime and homelessness as reasons for federal intervention in D.C., giving examples of homeless tents on lawns and saying that &#8220;we can&#8217;t have that&#8221; as world leaders are set to visit him in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When they come in to see me\u2014like Macron is coming, the Prime Minister of the UK is coming, all these people coming over to see me. We\u2019ll have ultimately President Xi, we\u2019ll have everybody&#8230; You can\u2019t let that happen. You can\u2019t have tents all over your beautiful, your once magnificent houses and lawns, you just can\u2019t do it,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President&#8217;s comments align with efforts by congressional Republicans to reduce the district&#8217;s autonomy, potentially reversing decades of self-governance established under the Home Rule Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-washington-crime-homeless-home-rule-congress-5e34be44cb3bebae76dcb81743b3e31d\">according<\/a> to AP. Currently, while Washington, D.C., operates its own local government, Congress retains oversight and has the authority to overturn local laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump said that the federal government should take over Washington, D.C., while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. In remarks made on Wednesday, President Trump stated, &#8220;I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":51513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[130,15,101,151,3025],"class_list":["post-51512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-usnews","tag-donald-trump","tag-featured","tag-trump-administration","tag-united-states","tag-washington-d-c-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C. - BNO News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C. - BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump said that the federal government should take over Washington, D.C., while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. In remarks made on Wednesday, President Trump stated, &#8220;I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T05:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T05:15:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carlos Robles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bnonews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bnonews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carlos Robles\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carlos Robles\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1\"},\"headline\":\"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C.\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-20T05:15:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T05:15:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Donald Trump\",\"featured\",\"Trump administration\",\"United States\",\"Washington D.C.\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\",\"US News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/\",\"name\":\"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C. - BNO News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-20T05:15:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T05:15:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\",\"name\":\"BNO News\",\"description\":\"Breaking news and developing stories from the U.S. and around the world\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BNO News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png\",\"width\":1696,\"height\":1443,\"caption\":\"BNO News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/bnonews\",\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bnonews\/\",\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bno-news\",\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bnonewstv\/\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bnonews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1\",\"name\":\"Carlos Robles\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Carlos Robles\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/author\/crobles\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C. - BNO News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C. - BNO News","og_description":"President Donald Trump said that the federal government should take over Washington, D.C., while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. In remarks made on Wednesday, President Trump stated, &#8220;I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/","og_site_name":"BNO News","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/","article_published_time":"2025-02-20T05:15:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-20T05:15:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carlos Robles","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bnonews","twitter_site":"@bnonews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carlos Robles","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/"},"author":{"name":"Carlos Robles","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1"},"headline":"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C.","datePublished":"2025-02-20T05:15:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-20T05:15:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/"},"wordCount":280,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg","keywords":["Donald Trump","featured","Trump administration","United States","Washington D.C."],"articleSection":["Politics","US News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/","name":"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C. - BNO News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-20T05:15:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-20T05:15:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FilePhotoWashingtonD.C.LincolnMemorial.jpg","width":1000,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/trump-calls-for-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump calls for federal takeover of Washington, D.C."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/","name":"BNO News","description":"Breaking news and developing stories from the U.S. and around the world","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization","name":"BNO News","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png","width":1696,"height":1443,"caption":"BNO News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/","https:\/\/x.com\/bnonews","http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bnonews\/","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bno-news","http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bnonewstv\/","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bnonews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1","name":"Carlos Robles","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg","caption":"Carlos Robles"},"url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/author\/crobles\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51514,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51512\/revisions\/51514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}