For more on redistricting politics and President Trump's federal takeover of D.C., I'm joined now by our Politics Monday duo.

That is Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

Good to see you both.

Good to be here.

So we reported at the top of the show there, Tam, about the president saying he's placing DC police under federal control,

deploying hundreds of

National Guard troops, says it's about crime, even as the data shows that crime has been declining.

Why is he doing this now? What's the intention here? There have been some very high-profile

instances of crime in D.C. that have come close to the Trump administration and have gotten on the

president's radar. But to be clear, he has been talking about wanting to take over Democratic-run

cities since he ran for president the first time in 2016. This is not a new theme for him in any way. This is certainly an

escalation. And D.C. is the one city. It's the one place where he actually has the power

to do this. Obviously, he has to declare an emergency, and there are questions about how much of an

emergency this moment is right now, given the declining

crime. But there are a large number of murders that do take place in Washington, D.C., relatively

other cities are higher, but it's still a high number or a high share, a high crime rate.

It is the lowest that's been in 30 years, but it's still high.

So he is going after this, and he's also trying to send a signal to other cities.

You saw what happened in Los Angeles with calling in the National Guard there.

This is something he wants to do.

And he's trying to send a signal to cities like Chicago one of

one of the cities he called out and also Baltimore and wants them to be afraid I think

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