Trump Teases Federal Takeover of D.C. if Socialist Candidate Wins

“Washington now is a safe, beautiful place. People are coming. Restaurants are thriving.”

🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: President Trump is considering a FULL TAKEOVER of Washington DC if the leftist socialist Democrat wins the mayoral election

“Maybe we take back Washington and run it on a federal basis! We WON’T put up with it! We’re not gonna lose our businesses…we have a… pic.twitter.com/xIMcPaGO01

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 15, 2026

The president suggested that a socialist administration could reverse those gains and harm businesses operating in the city.

His comments come less than a year after he took the unprecedented step of invoking emergency powers under the Home Rule Act to temporarily assume control of the Metropolitan Police Department.