Trump's threat to take over cities, in particular New York City, is a "menace of federal overreach and an affront to self-governance through fair democratic elections," said Politico. But his comments may have been "just political saber rattling, the natural escalation of a president who loves to shock with his rhetoric."

Washington's dysfunction is an embarrassment to the country. President Donald Trump rightly called out the problem Tuesday.

The president escalates attacks with threat of ‘tremendous power’ to ‘run’ cities if his political opponents are elected