President Donald Trump is thinking of adding local government to his list of responsibilities. Returning to Washington, D.C., from Florida late Wednesday, he mused that the federal government should “take over” the district.

Citing crime and homelessness in the national capital, President Trump said he wants the federal government to "take over" and govern Washington D.C.

As an indication of just how personal and petty this dynamic has become, the bill previously introduced in Congress proposing to repeal D.C. home rule was titled to produce an antagonistic acronym. It’s called the Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident Act or the BOWSER Act.