Internet reported that U.S. President Trump said at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that his government is considering taking over governance in Washington, D.C. to fight crime, a move that could subvert the capital city's half-century-old autonomous system. "We can manage Washington well, and frankly we are thinking about doing that," Trump said in a hours-long public meeting."We need a perfectly functioning capital." Trump revealed that his chief of staff Wiles was in communication with Washington Mayor Bowser, but did not specify the exact meaning of the White House's "takeover." The Local Self-Government Act passed in 1973 gave Washington residents the right to elect local governments, but Congress still reserved the right to review local laws and budgets. District residents have no voting representation in Congress.