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Donald Trump: “Murderers are down now to the lowest in 125 years, the year…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:49

But we're running a great country. We're respected by everybody now, again, we weren't respected. We were a laughingstock for four years. We were a very, very unsafe place. You know, Murderers are down now to the lowest in 125 years, the year 1900. But we were a country that was a dead country. And now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world. It's pretty, pretty amazing what we've done in a short time. (11:49–11:55)

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Asserts that the murder rate is at its lowest since 1900.

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