President Donald Trump announced last week that Washington D.C.’s police would be put under federal control and National Guard troops have since been deployed after a public safety emergency. For the first time in years, D.C. has gone seven days with a homicide and carjackings have decreased 83%, according to the National Police Association.
Chad Wolf, the former acting secretary of Homeland Security, told Newsmax on Thursday that Trump “is not afraid to take hard challenges head on and solve them.
“This is what leadership looks like under President Trump,” Wolf said during an appearance on “Wake Up America.” “And whether it’s at the border, whether it’s in D.C. or around the country, I think the president is not afraid to take hard challenges head on and to solve them.
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