Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control. Here’s what the data shows.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/trump-crime-data-federal-takeover/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU0Nzk4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU2MTgwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTQ3OTg0MDAsImp0aSI6IjVlYmI5NDQxLWUyNDUtNDdhYS1iYmUyLTg5NTBiNmVlZjU4MCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9kYy1tZC12YS8yMDI1LzA4LzEwL3RydW1wLWNyaW1lLWRhdGEtZmVkZXJhbC10YWtlb3Zlci8ifQ.dAZpFzkK8LY_cq0lkt_HS1ZBvGcMVoffuIbo6QglxX4

Crime in D.C. and nationwide is declining from pandemic-era spikes. But individual incidents can shake residents and capture the president’s attention.

In short, by "crime" he means "I sometimes see people with darker skin than mine" and not some sort of criminal act.

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teamevil@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
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griff@lemmings.world · 18 pts · 1y

GOP-dominated federal government crime is undeniably out of control in DC

kautau@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

The point is to get ICE to fill DC as his new private army to make it more difficult to remove him from power, and make lawmakers fear for their lives

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(film)

EntropyFlux@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

Trump wouldn’t…lie, would he?? /s

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

He's lying. He's a liar.

dhork@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Donald Trump did not become President (Twice!) by listening to eggheads or their data....

slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org · 6 pts · 1y

Let's tackle the child molesters on the Epstein list first.

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

A certain resident of the Whitehouse has committed over a hundred felonies, significantly skewing the average crime rate of DC

Auli@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

I mean he's not wrong how else do you explain a criminal as the president.