President Donald Trump has spent days escalating his rhetoric on crime in Washington, calling the U.S. capital "totally out of control" and ordering a federal law enforcement surge ahead of a Monday press conference to outline a sweeping crackdown.

Trump says homeless people must go "far" from the nation's capital, as part of his anti-crime plan, but the mayor pushes back.

President Donald Trump has also increased his rhetoric about countering crime in the nation's capital, even as data shows crime rates in the city are falling.