From Fox News: President Donald Trump said he may declare a national emergency to maintain control of Washington, D.C.’s police force if Congress doesn’t work with him to extend the current federalization plan.
Trump made the statement during a press conference at the Kennedy Center in Washington, arguing he can maintain control over the Metropolitan Police Department indefinitely if he declares a national emergency. Under the current structure, the federal government took control over the MPD for a 30-day period on Monday.
“Your federalization of the police has a 30-day limit unless Congress acts to extend it. Are you talking to Congress about extending it, or do you believe 30 days is sufficient?” asked Daily Signal White House reporter Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell.
President Trump replied, “Well, if it’s a national emergency, we can do it without Congress. But we expect to be before Congress very quickly. And again, we think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously. So we’re going to need a crime bill. That we’re going to be putting in, and it’s going to pertain initially to DC. We’re going to use it as a very positive example.”
“You can’t have 30 days,” he added. “We’re going to do this very quickly, but we’re going to want extensions. I don’t want to call a national emergency, but if I have to I will.”
WATCH BELOW:
REPORTER: Your federalization of the police has a 30 day limit unless Congress acts to extend it…@POTUS: “We expect to be before Congress very quickly… We’re going to need a crime bill… We’re going to be asking for extensions on that—long-term extensions.” pic.twitter.com/SRuIWBGTHq
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 13, 2025
Trump also said it’s practically a waste of time to try to talk to Democrats because, although “about half are sane”, they are “led by insane people.”
.@POTUS on congressional Democrats: “I would say more than half are sane, but they are led by insane people.” pic.twitter.com/pwbpd8TnHE
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 13, 2025
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