President Trump reoriented the full force of the federal government to focus on fighting crime and beautifying Washington, D.C., putting the city on edge as it waits to see how that plays out and putting other Democratic cities on notice.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called his actions “unprecedented.”
“We have other cities also that are bad. Very bad. You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad it is,” Trump said at his Monday press conference announcing he was federalizing D.C. police.
On Tuesday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is set to release the latest reading of the consumer price index (CPI), its first report since Trump fired the chief of the agency earlier this month.
Trump on Monday evening said he would nominate E.J. Antoni, a top economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation and critic of the BLS, to serve as its next commissioner. The post requires Senate confirmation.
Economists expect the July report to show rising inflation, sending the core annual inflation rate to 3 percent. Coupled with the weak July federal jobs report and stunning revisions May and June jobs data, experts and the markets will have an eye on the White House reaction, too.
The president has no public events scheduled for Tuesday. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters at 1 p.m. EDT.
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