To work. We will need more physical laborers and skilled workers. The real estate bubble is due for a giant pop. Property values and property laws will be going through a wood chipper as homes stop being hugely expensive investments and become just homes again.
The order comes after Congress left town on recess last week without passing legislation to prevent significant budget cuts for Washington. The measure faced staunch opposition from some conservatives, even after it was swiftly approved last month by the Senate and as Trump publicly called for its passage in the GOP-held House.
The capital will eventually move out of DC. Trump could float a few location possibilities as a reminder to the mayor that she would be the mayor of nothing if it moves now.
The part of the District of Columbia that was originally ceded by the state of Virginia (where, for instance, the Pentagon is located) was retroceded in 1847. What the federal government should do now is return almost all of the remainder (except for a small area occupied by the Capitol, the White House, etc) to Maryland. Then the city of Washington would be Washington, MD instead of Washington DC and it wouldn't be mismanaged by the incompetent Trump administration.
