After cutting DC's budget and federal security funding, Trump sent 1,500 troops to patrol the city's wealthiest neighborhoods, claiming it's about crime — but residents aren't buying it.

Members of the West Virginia National Guard arrived in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday on orders from Gov. Patrick Morrisey to support President Donald Trump's "Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force."

Washington, D.C., has sued President Trump over his takeover of the city's police force, arguing it plainly violates federal law. Meanwhile, hundreds of additional National Guard troops arrived in the nation's capital Wednesday.

It’s possible Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to “federalize” law enforcement in Washington, D.C., was just a one-off power grab, reflecting the federal government’s unique control of the capital city and Trump’s own obsession with Washington as a symbol of the American greatness he claims to be restoring.