Trump: “It’s Embarrassing” That DC Is So “Unsafe, Dirty, And Disgusting”
President Donald Trump announced Monday morning that he is formally declaring a public safety emergency in the District of Columbia and federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department: “Today, we’re formally declaring a public safety emergency.” “It’s embarrassing for me to be up here,” Trump said. “You know, I’m gonna see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday. I don’t like being up here talking about how unsafe and how dirty and disgusting this once beautiful capital was, with graffiti all over the walls.”
DONALD TRUMP: I’m very competent. Last week, my administration surged 500 federal agents into the District, including from the FBI, ATF, DEA, Park Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Secret Service, and the Department of Homeland Security. You know, a lot of nations-they don’t have anything like that. They’ve got some police. And they’re rough police. They don’t have a DEA, ATF, FBI, Park Police, U.S. Marshals Service, Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security. They get some police, but they’re rough police, and they do their job-they don’t have crime. We’re not gonna have crime either. They made dozens of arrests, and that’s what starts to happen. Cashless bail-watch what we do with that. Today, we’re formally declaring a public safety emergency. This is an emergency. This is a tragic emergency. And it’s embarrassing for me to be up here. You know, I’m gonna see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday. I don’t like being up here talking about how unsafe and how dirty and disgusting this once beautiful capital was, with graffiti all over the walls. It’s another part of it, by the way. Because we’re talking about safety, we’re also talking about beautification. We’re the most beautiful, potentially, capital in the world-we always had. But people come from Iowa, they come from Indiana, they come and then they get mugged. Not gonna happen. Keep coming, because by the time you get your trip set, it’s gonna be safe again and it’s gonna be cleaned very quickly. We’re gonna replace the medians that are falling down all over the roads. We’re gonna replace the potholes. We’re gonna put a nice new coat of asphalt over the top. No, we don’t have to rip the road out and spend seven years building a new road because some designer said, “Well, we need a quarter of an inch more turn for safety reasons.” No-we’re gonna do it right. We’re gonna get it done quickly. So today, we’re declaring a public safety emergency in the District of Columbia, and Attorney General Pam Bondi-who’s fantastic-is taking command of the Metropolitan Police Department as of this moment.
