President Donald Trump made an extraordinary move Monday morning to emphasize his commitment to law and order, during a raucous White House press conference about the control of Washington, DC.
The president announced that he would take direct federal control of the Washington, DC, police department.
The president said his actions would help 'rescue our nation's capitol from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.'
'We're going to take our Capitol back,' he added.
The president took the podium with a show of force, flanked by cabinet members Attorney General Pam Bondi, US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro, FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth, and Interior Director Doug Burgum.
