After President Trump Is Told Congress Has the Power to Govern DC He Tells Reporters His Administration Will Deal with Washington DC This Week

This did not make many headlines during the holiday weekend.

President Trump spoke with reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Thursday, July 3rd, on his way to a rally at the state fairgrounds outside of Des Moines, Iowa.

One reporter asked the president about the chaos and violence in the nation’s capital. A congressional intern was shot and killed in Washington DC last week. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was interning for a MAGA Republican when he was shot and killed by a stray bullet last Monday.

Your chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Washington DC is 1 in 87.

Democrats in Washington DC like in dozens of other major US cities have allowed their communities to become cesspools for crime and violence.

The reporter mentioned that the US Constitution gives Congress the power to govern Washington DC.

President Trump says he will make an announcement this coming week on the safety issue in DC..

President Trump: “I think DC has to become a very safe place and we’re not gonna let anything bad happen to DC. That’s our beautiful DC… We’ll have something to say about it next week.”

Via The Storm Has Arrived.

Did you know that the Constitution gives Congress the power to govern Washington, DC?

Well President Trump was just asked, “do you think it’s time for Congress to take back control of DC?”

Trump responded:

“I think DC has to become a very safe place and we’re not gonna let… pic.twitter.com/qssEfidjNt

— TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) July 3, 2025

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