You say one more thing, and I’m going to throw you in jail.
This issue directly impacts the functioning of the federal government and is a threat to America, really.
We're going to take back our capital.
Other cities are hopefully watching this.... And maybe they’ll self-clean up.
It’s become a city of complete and total lawlessness
We're not going to lose our cities over this. This will go further. We're starting very strongly with D.C., and we're go...
And if we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago.
We will bring in the military if it’s needed, by the way.
Washington would be cleaned up 'very quick.'
I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse.
We’ll be getting rid of the slums where [criminals] live
I’m going to look at New York in a little while, to see if we need to do this
We will deploy officers across the district with an overwhelming presence, and you will have more police. And you will b...
If our capital is dirty our whole country is dirty, and they don’t respect us.
We have other cities also that are bad. Very bad. You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad i...
We’re just going to see what happens. We’re going to have tremendous success with what we’re doing.
Other cities are hopefully watching this … and maybe they’ll self-clean up and maybe they’ll self-do this and get rid of...
As President of the United States, I have the obligation to ensure the safety and security of all Americans.