A source familiar with this issue said that some employees of the Washington Field Office of the Secret Service, who were engaged in such a presidential action, were surprised by such a statement by the president.
Earlier, Trump announced the desire to make the American capital “safer and more beautiful than ever before”, expel the homeless, and put all the criminals in prison. Therefore, on August 11, he announced that The metropolitan police department of Columbia County is transferred under federal control and sends the National Guard to the city to “restore order” in Washington.
“Cleaning” of the capital he is He compared with the situation relatively illegal migrants that he began to fight when he became the president of the United States.
The current head of the White House repeatedly condemned crime in the US capital, although, according to the channel, the total number of registered crimes this year is lower than in 2024.
