🚨 @POTUS takes bold, HISTORIC action to federalize D.C., end crime, and Make our Nation’s Capital Safe Again:
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 11, 2025
“This is Liberation Day in D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back... placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.” pic.twitter.com/7t3I4vk0BT
President Donald Trump announced Monday his plan to activate hundreds of National Guard troops and federalize the Metropolitan Police Department to address violent crime in the District of Columbia.
“This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back,” the president told reporters in the White House press briefing room Monday morning. “We’re taking it back under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States. I’m officially invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, you know what that is, and placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.”
“In addition, I’m deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law and order of public safety in Washington, D.C., and they’re going to be allowed to do their job properly,” he continued.
White House officials say Trump will mobilize roughly 800 troops to assist the MPD with logistics, transportation, and guarding federal and law enforcement facilities. The troops will not have authority to make arrests, but they may detain suspects until local law enforcement officials arrive on scene to make formal arrests.
