WASHINGTON — The White House is encouraging Democrat mayors across the United States to follow the lead of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who shared Tuesday that the nation’s capitol will continue to partner with President Donald Trump’s “Safe and Beautiful Task Force” going forward.
In a Tuesday press release, the D.C. mayor announced she had issued an order continuing the work of the Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center and task force, sharing that “during and after the Presidential emergency, the SBEOC will manage the District’s response, coordinate centralized communications, and ensure coordination with federal law enforcement to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.”
“The mayor’s fellow Democrats should take note, working with President Trump means safer communities and less crime – no one in their right mind could seriously oppose that,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stressed on Tuesday.
Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., have been hugely successful: every night, the federal force in Washington has arrested around 70-80 criminals, many of whom are illegal immigrants.
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 24: National Guard Members patrol 14th street, working with Washington DC Metro police on August 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
On Monday evening, for example, authorities made 70 arrests, 27 of whom were illegal aliens. That brought the city’s total arrests to 1,669 since the beginning of operations on Thursday, August 7. One of those arrests was an individual who assaulted a 77-year-old woman and stole her purse, another was for assault with a dangerous weapon, another for assault during a domestic dispute in which the subject choked the victim, and more.
The total D.C. arrests include 16 known gang members, including MS-13 and TDA gang members, rescues of 5 missing children, 168 firearms seized, and 50 homeless encampments cleared by multi-agency teams.
“President Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime in D.C. have yielded tremendous results in such a short time — violent crime has plummeted and dangerous criminals are being removed from the streets every single night,” Leavitt said Tuesday.
“The Trump administration is grateful to continue partnering with Mayor Bowser to make D.C. the safest city in the country,” she added.
Trump has set his eyes on Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois, for federal enforcement next.
“We’re going in,” he told reporters on Tuesday, asked about deploying federal troops to Chicago and Baltimore. He did not specify when, exactly, the deployments would take place. He also said he would “love” if JB Pritzker called and asked for his help with the National Guard.
“We’re going to do it anyway,” he said on Tuesday. “We have the right to do it.”
