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.

Trump weighs in on NYC mayoral race Trump took aim at Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, calling him "a communist." Trump also mentioned other candidates - incumbent Mayor Eric Adams,

We could run D.C. I mean, we’re looking at D.C.,” said President Donald Trump this Tuesday during a cabinet meeting. “We don’t want crime in D.C. We want the city to run well.”