President Donald Trump has indicated he is strongly considering taking control of Washington, D.C., and deploying the National Guard to address rampant crime and violence following a brutal attack on a former DOGE worker nicknamed ‘Big Balls.’ The incident, in which two juveniles were arrested for beating the man, has prompted Trump to call for a crackdown on criminal activity in the city.
Speaking with reporters on Wednesday evening, Trump said, ‘We’re considering it, yeah, because the crime is ridiculous.’ He also mentioned that he is considering taking control of the Washington, D.C. police and using the National Guard to stop the violence. ‘I could show you a chart comparing D.C. to other locations, and you’re not going to want to see what it looks like,’ he said. ‘We want to have a great, safe, capital, and we’re going to have it.’
Referring to the recent beating of the former DOGE worker, a teenager whose real name is Edward Coristine, Trump said, ‘We just almost lost a young man, beautiful, handsome guy that got the hell knocked out of him the night before last.’ The president said he called to check in on Coristine and that he would be calling again ‘in a little while.’
‘He went through a bad situation, to put it mildly. And there’s too much of it. We’re going to do something about it,’ said Trump. ‘So, whether you call it federalize or what, and that also includes the graffiti that you see the papers all over the place, the roads that are in bad shape, the medians that are falling down, the median that’s in between roads that’s falling down. We’re going to beautify the city. We’re going to make it beautiful.’
Trump was also asked whether he would support Congress overturning the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The law was passed in 1973 and granted D.C. a greater degree of autonomy, including allowing residents to elect a mayor and city council. Trump said, ‘We’re going to look at that. In fact, the lawyers are already studying it.’
‘We have to run D.C. This has to be the best-run place in the country, not the worst-run place in the country,’ he said. ‘And it has so much potential, and we’re going to take care of it. You’re going to be safe. You’re going to be safe walking down streets. You’re not going to get mugged.’