US President Donald Trump said that the federal government should take control of Washington, because "the authorities in the capital are not doing their job".
“I think we need to run the District of Columbia. The situation in the District of Columbia is very important. I think we need to run it well, protect it with law and order. Make it absolutely beautiful“, he told a press conference at the White House.
According to the American president, Washington must be made a safe city, because right now "people are getting hurt and killed" there and "there's too much crime, graffiti and tents on the lawns".
Trump also said that local governments "are not doing their jobs".
"I think the federal government should take over the District of Columbia and run it very, very well", the American leader stressed.