The federal government should take over running Washington, President Donald Trump said on Feb. 19.
“I think we should take over Washington, D.C.,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
Republicans have in recent years sought to overturn home rule for the nation’s capital, a Democratic stronghold that has had a degree of self-governance since 1973 but is still largely beholden to the U.S. Congress.
“I think that we should govern [the] District of Columbia,” Trump said. “It’s so important, the D.C. situation. I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it flawlessly beautiful.”…