STAUNCH liberal Joe Scarborough has extended a rare olive branch to the Trump administration while discussing the president’s recent crime crackdown.

The MSNBC anchor said that Washington DC Democrats are secretly pleased to see hundreds of federal troops enforcing law and order.

On Monday, President Donald Trump stood alongside some of his most powerful cabinet members as he announced that they were going to “take back the capital.”

He said he was going to federalize the police force in Washington DC and send 800 troops to help crack down on crime.

On the first day, dozens of people were arrested as the president took aim at “violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals” as well as “drugged out maniacs and homeless people,” he told reporters.

Trump also indicated that this was just the beginning of his strong stance and expressed his desire to eventually send troops to other major cities.

“We’re not going to lose our cities over this. This will go further,” he said.

“We’re starting very strongly with DC, and we’re going to clean it up real quick.”

Since making the announcement, furious Democrat leaders have blasted the president and vowed never to allow him to send federal soldiers to their states.

However, some usual critics have made a stunning turn and softened their feelings toward Trump as they opened up about being targeted by crime.

In an episode of Morning Joe, star host Scarborough said that journalists who were critical of the crackdown publicly had told him in private that they wanted the streets to be cleaned up.

The anchor said that one reporter told him, “Well you know, if he doesn’t overreach, this could actually be a good thing for quality of life.”

The reporter went on to mention brushes with danger that his family had experienced, but after their conversation, he went on to “tweet something completely different,” Scarborough said.

The MSNBC anchor has lived in Washington DC for three decades, and said that, while crime has improved in recent years, there’s still work to do.

“It’s certainly not as safe as the nation’s capital should be,” he said on the show.

ANCHOR AGREES

Scarborough isn’t the only media personality raising the alarm on crime in Washington DC.

While discussing Trump’s announcement, ABC News anchor Kyra Phillips told a harrowing story about how she had to fight off a homeless person as she walked just two blocks into her office.

She said that in the area of their office alone, two people have been shot, and one person died two blocks away.

“It was within the last two years that I actually was jumped walking just two blocks down from here,” Phillips said.

The anchor explained that a half-dressed man who appeared to be homeless attacked her. When she noticed that he apparently didn’t have any weapons, she fought back.

“It was scary as hell, I’m not gonna lie,” she said.

Phillips acknowledged that crime statistics have fallen in the past couple of years, but said this doesn’t change the feelings of those already victimized.

“We can talk about the numbers going down, but crime is happening every single day because we’re all experiencing it firsthand, working and living down here,” she said.