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Donald Trump: “A person is four times more likely to be murdered in…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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FULL: Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis, takes questions from Oval Office

Published | Video Starts at 03:25

In 2024, Memphis had the highest violent crime rate, the highest property crime rate and the third highest murder rate of any city in the nation. Other than that, they're doing quite well, thank you. A person is four times more likely to be murdered in Memphis, Tennessee today than in Mexico City. It's been, and you know, Mexico City is not a cakewalk. It's been overrun with carjackings, robbery, shootings and killings. (03:25–03:32)

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Asserts that the murder rate in Memphis is four times higher than in Mexico City.

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