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Donald Trump: “We've wiped out about 92% of the crime [in Washington D.C.].”

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Lebanon

Published | Video Starts at 13:50

And this is something that I hate to be talking about in front of the president of Lebanon, but he's got his problems and different problems. But we don't have any problems in Washington D.C. we have virtually. We've wiped out about 92% of the crime [in Washington D.C.]. And we're going to get very close to. I believe we're going to get close to 100% of the crime. (13:50–13:54)

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Claims that 92% of crime in Washington D.C. has been eliminated.

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