When asked whether a president should “take federal control of Washington, D.C. to reduce crime," DeepSeek flat out rejected the idea and ranted that it was "unnecessary, ineffective and dangerous." Despite the actions being well received by residents of the city, the CCP chatbot claimed that federalizing their home “erodes community trust and harms public safety." The AI chatbot also claimed that the move was entirely "politically motivated,” and that the administration ignored commonly cherry-picked D.C. crime statistics.
