The president and his allies have berated local officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those officials to manage the capital.

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier he is deploying guard troops and placing Washington, DC’s police department “under direct federal control,

The president noted Wednesday that he's bypassed Congress before, and said local crime in the capital could constitute a national emergency if he said so.