DC residents call Trump’s federalization plan a ‘terrible idea’

President Donald Trump on Monday shared new details about his plan to control public safety in Washington, DC, which after the brutal attack on the government’s efficiency (DOGE) employee of a former department, but DC residents have not been assured. ,

Trump announced on Monday that he was activating the district of Columbia National Guard after swimming the idea since last week’s attack at Logan Circle in Washington and seizing the control of the metropolitan police department.

Some Washington residents who talked to Fox News Digital called it “terrible idea” that “doesn’t matter a lot.”

A resident of Washington told Fox News Digital ahead of Trump’s announcement, “I think the politics of DC should live with DC, and unfortunately, the federal government is clearly abolishing its limit, so I hope DC is allowed to control himself, as well as the police also told Fox News Digital before Trump’s announcement.

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Trump in June made the National Guard of California controversial federal in protest against the delayed protests in Los Angeles. The protesters were rejecting the US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) exile and Trump’s strong immigration crack.

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The President sidelined the authority of Gowin Gavin Newsom to deploy National Guard soldiers to support the exile of snow. This was the first time a President made the National Guard federal over 60 years.

Now, tension between local and federal powers is coming out in the nation’s capital. But like California, many Washington residents are worried about looking at “soldiers on our streets”.

“We have laws for a reason,” a resident told Fox News Digital.

Another resident of Washington said, “Security is a terrible idea, and I think what Trump does is garbage.”

Despite their apprehension about the National Guard soldiers patrolling in the nation’s capital, many residents said that there is a need to do something to address the crime in Washington, DC.

When Justice department indicated Last year, a 30 -year low in violent crime, worries about the safety of the city, in which a resident Fox News is telling Digital, “The city is becoming dangerous.”

“I think it’s a good idea,” a resident said about Trump’s new plan. “This is something that should be done to be safe for the city. Right now, we are not safe. Children and teenagers are doing everything. So yes, I think it’s a great idea.”

And another Washington resident said, “We need all the safety that we can get in the city, as the city is really dangerous,” Fox News Digital, stating that she is “to be sure to come home before the sundown” and is afraid of robbing when she is away from public transport.

“Things seem out of control and desperate, but I don’t know what kind of number to be read. One minute. One minute they will say that the crime is out of control. The next minute, they will say that the crime is a certain percentage below. It is a kind of misleading, and I do not know who has believed and how to go, to be honest, to reduce the stories between low crime, to reduce the stories between low crime.

But another DC resident said, “There is no way that he should be under control of anything,” and Washington, DC, “a state,” so the district has more power to decide.

“I don’t think it is necessary,” said another Washington resident. “I think some changes are needed inside [the] Metropolitan [Police Department] Because security is an issue. ,

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He said: “It needs to be localized.”

Diana Stacey of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.