Trump slams DC crime as 'embarrassing' as he preps for high-stakes Putin meeting

President Donald Trump called the spiraling crime in Washington, D.C., "embarrassing" as he prepares for high-stakes meetings with foreign leaders, pointing directly to his highly anticipated Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "This is an emergency," Trump told the media during his press conference Monday morning announcing he is federalizing the. D.C. police force to curb crime in the city. "This is a tragic emergency. And it's embarrassing for me to be up here." "You know, I'm going to see Putin. I'm going to Russia on Friday. I don't like being up here talking about how u