President Donald Trump said it's "LIBERATION DAY IN D.C." and said that "Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR" in a pair of social media posts Monday, as he is set to hold a press conference on safety and crime in the nation's capital.

Trump’s rhetoric “paints a picture that crime is out of control, even when it is not true, then blames the policies of Democratic lawmakers that are reform- and public safety-minded, and then claims that you have to step in and violate people’s rights or demand that reforms be reversed,” Wiley said.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the streets of Washington, DC, a rare flex of his presidential authority over the military while a court mulls the legality of his prior order sending troops to Los Angeles.