President Donald Trump is expected this week to address a campaign promise of revitalizing Washington, D.C., so the nation’s capital can exude pride from visitors and voters.

Trump, who in December called the nation’s capital “a nightmare of murder and crime,” is expected to issue an executive order this week that would increase penalties and enforcement of violent and petty crimes, clear homeless camps, and clean graffiti throughout the city, The Washington Post reported Monday.

The White House has been calling D.C. community members to assemble a group of victims of violent crime for an event anticipated for Friday, Axios reported Monday, citing an unnamed source.

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