When asked about President Donald Trump talking about a potential federal takeover of D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser pointed to the District’s limited Home Rule.

President Trump threatened Tuesday to use federal power to seize control of New York City if “communist” Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.

President Trump threatens to seize control of Washington, D.C., citing crime and homelessness. Mayor Bowser seeks to repeal sanctuary city law.

DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a bill to strip the US Commission of Fine Arts of its control over the city’s non-federal property, calling federal oversight of the District’s land “a violation of home rule.

Trump also reignited his long-standing feud with Washington’s Democratic leadership, suggesting his administration is weighing a federal intervention in the capital.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was considering taking over governance of Washington, D.C., and suggested he could take similar action in New York because of his distaste for the leading candidate for mayor there.

President Donald Trump claimed the White House has legal authority to run parts of the country including Washington, D.C. and New York City, especially should he oppose its elected leaders. His remarks were another attack on the nation’s largest city,