Trump Threatens Federal Control Of D.c. Following Attack On Administration Staffer Known As 'big Balls'

President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to person nan national authorities return power of Washington, D.C., aft an battle connected a well-known original staffer for nan Department of Government Efficiency successful nan nation's superior complete nan weekend.

Edward Coristine, besides known by his online name, “Big Balls,” and a female characterized successful a constabulary study arsenic his important different were nan victims of an unarmed attempted carjacking early Sunday.

Washington Metropolitan Police connected Tuesday announced nan arrests of 2 15-year-old suspects from Maryland.

In a societal media station that did not mention Coristine by name, Trump described crime successful Washington arsenic being “totally retired of control.”

“Local ‘youths’ and pack members, immoderate only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting guiltless Citizens, astatine nan aforesaid clip knowing that they will beryllium almost instantly released,” Trump wrote connected Truth Social, saying minors arsenic young arsenic 14 should beryllium tried arsenic adults.

“If D.C. doesn’t get its enactment together, and quickly, we will person nary prime but to return Federal power of nan City, and tally this City really it should beryllium run, and put criminals connected announcement that they’re not going to get distant pinch it anymore,” he added.

Former DOGE caput Elon Musk posted a screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social station connected X and echoed his telephone to person nan national authorities return power of Washington.

Musk besides referred to an unnamed DOGE staffer successful his post.

“A fewer days ago, a pack of astir a twelve young men tried to battle a female successful her car astatine nighttime successful DC,” Musk wrote connected X. “A @Doge squad personnel saw what was happening, ran to take sides her and was severely beaten to nan constituent of concussion, but he saved her.”

The constabulary study said nan conveyance belonged to Coristine.

The study added that constabulary officers saw astir 10 “juveniles” surrounding nan car and assaulting Coristine, which prompted nan officers to get retired of their conveyance and each but 2 of nan juveniles, whom constabulary arrested, to flee. Police said that successful an interview, Coristine said he pushed nan female identified arsenic his important different into nan car and “turned to woody pinch nan suspects,” who successful move assaulted him.

Police said nan lawsuit is nether investigation by nan Carjacking Task Force, pinch aggregate suspects outstanding.

Jeanine Pirro, nan U.S. lawyer for Washington, posted a video connected X connected Tuesday saying she had conscionable met pinch Trump to talk “crime successful nan nation’s capital.”

“Our occupation is to get guns disconnected nan street, narcotics disconnected nan street, return attraction of those individuals who are threatening, carjacking different people, and make this metropolis safe and cleanable again. And that’s conscionable what we’re going to do. And if you don’t bargain into it, you’re going to person to woody pinch us,” Pirro said.

She did not mention Coristine successful her video.

Despite Trump’s claims of “out of control” unit successful nan city, convulsive crime is down 26% from past year, according to preliminary constabulary figures. At nan aforesaid time, nan alleged onslaught connected Coristine comes astir a period aft a 21-year-old legislature intern was caught successful crossfire and fatally shot successful Washington.

Trump has antecedently expressed a desire to “clean up” nan nation’s superior and has threatened a national takeover of nan city, which already has constricted expertise to self-govern. Congress has nan expertise to rescind those powers astatine its and nan president’s discretion.