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Donald Trump: “Before I got here, D.C. was a very unsafe.”

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

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President Trump Speaks on Air Force One Before Thanksgiving Holiday

Published | Video Starts at 09:00

And now we're setting new records. I mean, literally, it's as safe as there is anywhere in the country now. And if you go back a year, it was a very unsafe place. Before I got here, D.C. was a very unsafe. And it's our capital. We have to make it safe. We're doing really well in Memphis, Tennessee, and we're doing well in other places. The one that is really troubling is. (09:00–09:01)

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Asserts that Washington D.C. was very unsafe before his administration.

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