Trump threatens to retake control of D.C. police if it doesn't cooperate with ICE

• "Immigration enforcement is not what MPD does," Bowser said at a Wednesday news conference. "And with the end of the emergency, it won't be what MPD does in the future." 

Driving the news: Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after 1am. ET that Bowser "has informed the Federal Government that the Metropolitan Police Department will no longer cooperate with ICE in removing and relocating dangerous illegal aliens."

• If that happens, he said, "CRIME would come roaring back."
• The president continued, "To the people and businesses of Washington, D.C., DON'T WORRY, I AM WITH YOU, AND WON'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. I'll call a National Emergency, and Federalize, if necessary!!!"
• Bowser's office did not immediately comment.

Catch up quick: Trump declared last month that he would seize control of district police and mobilize the National Guard to target what he had described as rampant lawlessness (despite a decrease in violent crime).

• Under the city's Home Rule Act, the president can temporarily seize the Metropolitan Police Department for up to 30 days — or longer with congressional action.
• But the D.C. National Guard, which is under Trump's command, will remain in the District. Some of those patrols are carrying weapons.

Between the lines: Trump's post, which accused Bowser of presiding over a "violent criminal takeover of our Capital," is a sharp departure from the praise he gave her earlier this month for her cooperation with federal agencies.

• Even in congratulating her and touting her popularity, he warned Bowser, "don't go Woke on us."
• As Axios' Cuneyt Dil reported, Bowser has joined a number of leaders who have forged a frenemy-ship with the president — a big gambit for the leader of the deep-blue District, where a Washington Post poll last month found that about 8 in 10 residents opposed Trump's federalization.

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