On the 11th local time, President Trump announced in a speech that he would place the Washington, D.C., Police Department under direct federal jurisdiction and begin deploying the National Guard that same day to help restore law, order, and public safety in the area. Trump also declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C.
Earlier on the 10th, Trump posted on his social media account that homeless people in Washington, D.C., must “move immediately” and that the government would provide them with housing away from the nation’s capital, while criminals would be imprisoned.
In response to President Trump’s threats to deport homeless people in Washington, D.C., and to “stop violent crime,” the mayor of Washington, D.C., on the 10th refuted his remarks, emphasizing that local crime rates have declined significantly and that there is no current surge in crime.