US EditionTrump Appears to Dismiss Domestic Violence as a 'Lesser' Crime
President Trump claimed an 87% crime drop in Washington D.C. after National Guard deployment but faced criticism for dismissing domestic violence as a crime, which affects 12 million Americans annually.
- During a speech at the Museum of the Bible, Donald Trump downplayed domestic violence as a crime, claiming such incidents should not count against his crime reduction record in Washington, D.C.
- Trump stated that crime rates in D.C. had decreased significantly, emphasizing that domestic disturbances were the only remaining issues preventing his claim of 'zero crime.'
- Despite Trump's claims, reports indicate that violent crime, including domestic abuse, continues to be a concern in Washington, D.C., as residents face increased policing and avoid public areas.
- Despite Trump's claims of safety, reports indicate residents are avoiding militarized streets, suggesting that not all crime has ceased.
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White House doubles down on Trump’s claim about domestic violence
‘Things that take place in the home, they call crime,’ Trump said Monday. ‘They’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say, ‘This was a crime scene.’’
Trump calls domestic violence ‘lesser’ crime, LAPD ends former VP Harris’ protection detail: Media Miss Minute
In this Media Miss Minute, President Donald Trump seemed to imply that domestic violence is not a real crime during an event on Monday. And the Los Angeles Police Department has ended its protection detail for former Vice President Kamala Harris. Media Miss by the right: Trump calls domestic violence ‘lesser’ crime during address During an event at Washington's Museum of the Bible on Monday, the president appeared to suggest that domestic violen…
The US president attended an event on Monday where he gave false statistics about the crime rate in Washington.
The American president obviously laughed at his assistance with this opinion, in a speech in which he spoke of the so-called drop in crime in Washington.
Donald Trump was accused on Monday of minimizing the severity of domestic violence, after saying in a speech that these were "less serious" crimes that should not appear in the statistics. ...
Trump says having ‘a little fight with the wife’ should not count as a crime
During remarks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, Trump made a series of false statements about the level of crime in the nation’s capital, where he has ordered a federal takeover of law enforcement.
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