Daniel Dale tackled the litany of false claims President Donald Trump made on Monday while announcing Washington, D.C., is coming under federal control.

Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order declaring “a crime emergency in the District of Columbia,” citing “rising violence in the capital.” His administration is taking control of the city’s police department and plans to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse,