‘I’ll call a national emergency’: Trump threatens to federalize Washington, D.C. amid ICE row
US President Donald Trump threatened to call a national emergency and federalize Washington, DC, after Mayor Muriel Bowser signaled police non-cooperation with ICE. Trump had already placed the city’s police under federal control, deploying National Guard and ICE agents to curb crime. Critics call it federal overreach, but Trump insists the surge restored law and order, vowing he ‘won’t allow crime to come roaring back.’