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By Brian Freeman, Newsmax, August 11, 2025

Brian Freeman, a Newsmax writer based in Israel, has more than three decades writing and editing about culture and politics for newspapers, online and television.

 

After announcing on Monday that he was taking federal control of the police department in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump insinuated in the White House briefing room that five other cities could face a similar effort from his administration, Newsweek reported.

Trump said the attempt to address crime and homelessness would “go further” than D.C.,  as he specifically named Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Oakland, California.

“We have other cities also that are bad. Very bad,” Trump said during the press conference as he stood alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. “You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad it is. We have other cities that are very bad. New York has a problem. And then you have, of course, Baltimore and Oakland. We don’t even mention that anymore there.” …