President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he may take control of the police force in Washington and dispatch National Guard troops to the city after a young staff member of his administration was assaulted over the weekend.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested he may use the National Guard to police the streets of Washington, D.C., in his latest threat to take over running the city that serves as the seat of the U.

The Trump administration is making plans to increase the federal law enforcement presence in Washington, DC, Thursday and Friday following an assault on a well-known former Department of Government Efficiency staffer over the weekend,