President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital.

Washington, D.C., residents had mixed reactions to President Trump's plan to federalize the nation's capital, as some called it a "terrible idea" and others said they support it.

Trump mentioned New York, Baltimore, and Oakland as other cities where he wants to put the police under federal control. “This will go further," he said.