‘We Are Getting Rid of the Slums’: Trump Targets ‘Incompetent’ Black and Democratic Leaders Over Rising Crime, But Data Shows a Different Story
President Donald Trump‘s announcement that he will launch a federal takeover in Washington, D.C., to crack down on violent crime also came with a warning indicating that he might do the same in other major U.S. cities, where data shows that crime and gun violence have drastically decreased. The president deployed 800 National Guard troops…
