President Donald Trump joined the Metropolitan Police and the National Guard Thursday night for a ride along and lauded improvements to safety in the city since the federal takeover.

President Trump sent a warning to Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) early Friday, threatening to extend the federal takeover of local police in the nation’s capital and citing “inaccurate” crime reporting data.

President Donald Trump's long history of attacking blue-run cities reached new levels after his federalization of Washington's police force.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order authorizing National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C. to carry weapons if their mission requires it, according to a person familiar with the matter. The new authority is expected to be acted on in coming days, the person said.

At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN review of FBI data.

CNN's Scott Jennings defends the federal takeover of Washington DC's police: ABBY PHILLIP: There's no denying D.C.'s got a crime problem, but should these governors be sending troops from their states where they have crime problems to D.

At least one high-ranking officer has been suspended so far over the disturbing allegations, which the DC Police Union has said effectively reflect standard operating procedure.

President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing back on criticism that the surge of law enforcement and National Guard troops to Washington has focused on low-crime areas of the nation’s capital or resulted in a significant uptick in arrests.