India, Aug. 12 -- US President Donald Trump declared a 'public safety emergency' in Washington, DC, on Monday. He announced that his administration would take control of the city's police department and deploy 800 members of the National Guard in the nation's Capital.

The announcement, made in a press conference flanked by top administration officials, is part of what Trump calls an effort to "take our capital back."

Trump said he was declaring a public safety emergency and his administration would be removing homeless encampments.

"We're going to take our capital back," Trump declared, adding he'd also be "getting rid of the slums."

Trump invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in an executive order to declare a...