Trump says he'll meet DC mayor George, calls her communist

President Donald Trump announced plans on Sunday, June 28, 2026, to meet with Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee and presumptive next mayor of Washington, D.C., while issuing a sharp public warning that he will not allow her policy agenda to be enacted. He described her as a “communist” and vowed to protect his administration's public safety and beautification efforts in the capital.

Trump’s announcement came via a series of posts on his Truth Social platform. He wrote that Lewis George had stated intentions to “empty the prisons, make D.C. a Sanctuary City, oppose ICE, welcome Criminal Illegal Aliens… resist Anti-Crime Crackdowns, Defund the Police, continue and expand Cashless Bail, and so many other Capital destroying things.” He asserted he would not let Washington be “destroyed by a Communist adherent,” claiming the city had become “the Envy of the World, with almost No Crime” under his watch. The president said he would meet with the incoming mayor, but only after “forewarn[ing] everyone that Washington, D.C., is again a Safe and Prestigious Community.”

Lewis George, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won the Democratic mayoral primary earlier this...