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Donald Trump: “Crime in Washington D.C. is almost non existent.”

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

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President Trump Gaggles with Press Before Departing the White House, Jan. 13, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 01:37

We took them out of Chicago. So Chicago's got much better numbers now than it had a few months ago. We will get no credit for it, but these are minor details. Crime in Washington D.C. is almost non existent. It's a safe place so people can come bring their families, they can send their son and daughter to look at Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson or whatever they want to look at, but it's almost non existent. (01:37–01:42)

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Asserts that crime in Washington D.C. is nearly non-existent.

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