“I want to work with you, but I don’t want you to take me over.”

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s reported words to President Donald Trump right before he took office in January. The president had spent months on the campaign trail threatening to take control of the city, which he characterized as crime-ridden and dysfunctional. Since Trump took office, the mayor has been walking a careful line, attempting to work with the president and stop him from taking direct control of the city while appeasing her largely Democratic constituents who have been somewhat critical of her conciliatory approach. (Washington Post)