Watch: Trump addresses police, military patrolling DC streets

President Trump said he plans to patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department and National Guard troops around Washington, D.C., Thursday night amid a federal crackdown on crime.

“I’m going to be going out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military, of course,” Trump told conservative radio host Todd Starnes on his show.

The Trump administration earlier this month began surging federal law enforcement across parts of the nation's capital to crack down on what the White House said was an unacceptable level of crime, despite statistics showing violent crime has declined in the city.

Last week, Trump took federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department and deployed hundreds of National Guard troops across the city to further the crackdown on crime.

Watch a playback of coverage in the above. Read more about the planned patrol here.