While details of the plan were unclear, the administration is preparing to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, a U.S. official told Reuters.

Promising a sweeping crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump has vowed to place the D.C. police department “under direct federal order” and deploy the National Guard.

At an extraordinary news conference on Monday, President Donald Trump revealed plans to take over the Washington, D.C. police department and deploy National Guard troops in the nation's capital to combat what he says it rampant violent crime that statistics show is actually decreasing.