Us President Donald Trump on Monday Defended His Ongoing Federal Intervention in Washington, DC, Claiming Crime has Dramatically Under His Watch and Signs Similar Military-Style Deployment.Taking to Truth Social, Trump Wrote, “The incompetent mayor of chicago just stated that, in dc, where crime has been brought out down Happened in Years, and People are Safe Again, ONELY NINE people have ben arrested. Is safe and booming !!! ”
Chicago pushbackThe post came just days after Trump Told Reports that Chicago’s Democratic Mayor, Brandon Johnson, was “grossly incompetent” and that right was “Probable Next” for A Nural Guard Development. Johnson has strongly rejected the idea, calling it “Uncoledinated, Uncalled for, and Unsound.”In an interview with NPR, johnson said a move would be “Illegal and costly” and warned that it could “Inflame tensions between residences and law enforcement.” He accused trump of “Testing how far his power can go with the attempt to undermine our democracy.”Crime trends tell a different storyWhile trump has pointed to rising urban violence as justification for federal crackdowns, chicago’s own data shows significant drops in key crime categories since 30% Fall in Homicides, 35% in Robberies, and Nearly 40% in Shootings. City Officials Attribute The Trend to Local Violence-Interaction Programs, even as Federal Funding for Soch Eforts Has Recently Been Cut.DC under federal watchEarlier this month, Trump Ordered Hundreds of National Guard Members Into DC, Framping it as a “Federal Takeover” The move has drawn criticism from Residents, Activists, and Civil Rights Groups, Who Argue That The Deployments are more about Political Optics Than Lasting Safety Measures.For now, Trump Continues to Present Washington as a model for his broader law-off-order strategy-One that count only expect
