Could Trump really 'take over' American cities?

Trump has proposed a federal takeover of New York City and Washington, D.C.

As President Donald Trump continually works to expand his power through executive actions, one of his recent proposals takes things to the next level. He has suggested he could use the authority of the presidency to perform a federal "takeover" of major cities like New York and Washington, D.C. But political scientists are split on whether Trump has the ability to do this, whether he will try it and how it would work.

"We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to," Trump said to reporters during a Cabinet meeting. And he has threatened to do just that in New York if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the city's mayoral election.