President Trump has signaled he’s had enough of the lawlessness in Washington, D.C.—and he’s ready to act. Following a violent street attack on Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, a former DOGE crypto worker, Trump told reporters he’s weighing a full federal takeover of the city’s policing and even deploying the National Guard.

“We’re considering it, yeah, because the crime is ridiculous,” Trump said Wednesday. “We want to have a great, safe capital, and we’re going to have it.”

The remarks came after Coristine, a social media personality and ex-employee of DOGE, was ambushed and savagely beaten by what authorities are calling a gang of juveniles. The teen influencer is recovering from serious injuries, and Trump said he personally called him to offer support.

“He went through a bad situation, to put it mildly,” Trump told the press. “We just almost lost a young man, beautiful, handsome guy that got the hell knocked out of him the night before last.”

The president blasted D.C. city leadership and painted a grim picture of the capital under its current Democrat-run system. “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 warned. “We have a capital that’s very unsafe.”

Trump then detailed how far he’s willing to go, saying his administration is exploring whether the Home Rule Act—the 1973 law granting D.C. limited self-governance—should be reversed. “We’re going to look at that,” he said. “The lawyers are already studying it.”

If revoked, D.C. would lose the autonomy to elect its own mayor and city council, effectively returning full control of the district to the federal government.

But Trump isn’t just talking legal reform—he’s also eyeing immediate boots on the ground. “We’re not going to let it [continue],” he said of the chaos. “That includes bringing in the National Guard. Maybe very quickly.”

It wouldn’t be the first time Trump has sent in the Guard. During his first term, he deployed them to cities overwhelmed by riots, earning praise from conservatives and backlash from the left.

This time, he’s promising more than just a crackdown on violence. Trump says he wants to “beautify” the city as well, taking aim at “graffiti, trash, and crumbling medians” that he says reflect a deeper decay.

“What a shame,” he said, calling D.C. one of the worst-run places in the country. “We have to run D.C. This has to be the best-run place in the country, not the worst. You’re going to be safe walking down streets. You’re not going to get mugged.”

The issue of D.C. crime has been a political flashpoint for months, with Congress already stepping in earlier this year to block the city council’s controversial plan to lower penalties for carjackings and violent offenses. Now, with this high-profile attack as the latest spark, the debate over who controls the nation’s capital is roaring back.

Many Republicans have long argued that D.C.’s local government has failed to protect citizens and uphold the city’s national image. Trump’s threat to federalize it may force Democrats to pick a side: stand by the embattled city leadership—or watch Trump take the reins.