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President Trump cited Baltimore crime while announcing federal control of Washington, D.C.'s police despite both cities seeing violent crime and homicides decline by over 20%, officials said.
- During a recent press conference, President Donald Trump called Baltimore "so far gone" on crime, despite recent declines in violence there, and characterized cities like Chicago and New York in a similar light.
- Homicides in Baltimore have decreased by 40% since 2021, making it the safest it has been in over 50 years, according to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.
- Mayor Brandon Scott criticized Trump's decision to federalize the D.C. police, claiming it distracts from real issues and represents a power grab based on falsehoods about Baltimore's safety.
- A statement from Scott and 48 other elected officials from Baltimore and Maryland condemned Trump's comments and announced opposition to the federal takeover of local law enforcement.
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Liar-In-Chief: Baltimore Mayor Claps Back At Trump Claim Of ‘Bloodthirsty Criminals’, Stats Show Crime Down
Source: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu v / Getty Donald Trump has once again used his presidential powers in bad faith to exhibit a meaningless show of force so that he can appear to be strong to a country of citizens who know he’s as weak as seven days. The Orange Man announced that he will be deploying the National Guard, 800 troops to be exact, in Washington, D.C. to commandeer the local police department…
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By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 President Donald Trump announced Monday he’s taking decisive action to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., drawing attention to violent crime rates not only in the nation’s capital, but in major cities across the U.S. “We have other cities that are very bad—New York has a problem, and then you have, of course, Baltimore and Oakland,” Trump said at a White House press conference Monday morning t…
Democrats Respond as Trump Targets Other Cities After D.C.
When Donald Trump announced the federalization of local law enforcement and the deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., on Monday, in an effort to tackle crime and “beautify” the city, he put other places on notice, too. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “This will go further,” the President said. “We’re going to take back our capital … and then we’ll look at other cities also,” singling out Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore…
'These are dangerous times': Lawyer reveals Trump's plan behind his D.C. takeover bid
A progressive lawyer issued a stark warning on Monday after President Donald Trump announced he was federalizing the Washington, D.C. police force. "These are dangerous times we live in," Marc Elias, a voting rights lawyer and founder of Democracy Docket, told progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on his show "No Lies."Trump announced on Monday that his administration was ending home rule for D.C. because of the District's crime rate. However, …
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