President Trump escalated his attacks on D.C.’s right to self-governance Wednesday evening, saying he was considering federalizing the D.C. police department and bringing in the National Guard “maybe very quickly” as he continued to cast the Democratic-led capital as a place mired in violence.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested he may use the National Guard to police the streets of Washington, D.C., in his latest threat to take over running the city that serves as the seat of the U.