Trump: D.C. Statehood "is ridiculous".." It's not going to happen"

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Reporter: How do you feel about Mayor Bowser's level of cooperation and her choosing to advocate for DC statehood right now?

Trump: Statehood is ridiculous. We want to straighten the place out. Statehood is ridiculous. It's unacceptable. The Democrats want it because the Democrats have, you know, about 95% in this little area. Even I didn't get very much. They want that. They want to pick up two Senators, and it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. And that's the least of the reasons why, by the way, but that's one of the reasons why. What we want to do is make Washington, DC the greatest, most beautiful, safest capital anywhere in the world, and that's going to happen. I mentioned the word bones before. The bones here, the bones, we have the greatest bones. When you look at that Supreme Court building, I think it's one of the most beautiful buildings. When you look at some of the buildings here, so magnificent. And everything's good, but it's just dirty and not properly maintained.