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Donald Trump: “Washington, D.C. if you look back a year ago, it was a very…”

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BREAKING: President Trump Takes Questions From Reporters On Kennedy Center Red Carpet

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

You have celebrated the arts and design as part of your journey. Tell us what tonight means to you. Here at the Connecticut. Well, it really means we're bringing back the Capitol. Washington, D.C. if you look back a year ago, it was a very unsafe place. Beautiful, but unsafe. But it wasn't properly kept. It was not in good condition. Now it's in very good condition. And as you know, crime has been brought down to a level that nobody has ever seen here before. (02:35–02:41)

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Asserts that Washington, D.C. was unsafe a year ago.

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