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.

"If DC doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City," Trump said. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the federal government could take control of Washington if the local government "doesn't get its act together,