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President Donald Trump praised Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser for cooperating along with his administration amid a deployment of Nationwide Guard troops to the town to assist fight crime.
“Wow! Mayor Muriel Bowser of D.C. has turn into very fashionable as a result of she labored with me and my nice individuals in bringing crime all the way down to nearly nothing in D.C.,” Trump posted on his Reality Social Monday.
“Her statements and actions have been optimistic, as a substitute of others like [Illinois Gov. J.B.] Pritzker, [Maryland Gov.] Wes Moore, [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom, and the 5% approval-rated mayor of Chicago, who spend all of their time attempting to justify violent crime as a substitute of working with us to utterly get rid of it, which we now have completed in Washington, D.C., now a crime-free zone,” he added.
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President Donald Trump on Monday praised Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for her cooperation on his crime crackdown within the metropolis. (AP)
Trump additional claimed that Bowser’s approval score has gone up.
“In a brief time frame, 25%, and the individuals of D.C. are thanking her for stopping crime wherever she goes,” he wrote. “It’s not a miracle, it’s laborious work, braveness, and being sensible. The highest legislation enforcement officer in L.A. mentioned, through the riots and once I despatched the troops in early, that they couldn’t have completed it with out us.”
“They have been utterly overwhelmed! If we hadn’t gone in early, on prime of the Palisades fires, L.A. would have misplaced the Olympics. Congratulations to Mayor Muriel Bowser, however don’t go woke on us,” he added. “D.C. is a huge victory that by no means has to finish!!!”
Final week, Bowser mentioned crime numbers within the metropolis have been down.
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President Donald Trump speaks with members of legislation enforcement and Nationwide Guard troopers, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photograph)
“Carjackings are down 87% because the federal surge began, violent crime is down 45%, arrests are up 20%, and unlawful gun recoveries are up 12%,” Fox DC reported.
“Essentially the most vital factor that we’re highlighting at this time is the world of crime that was most troubling for us in 2023, and we now have pushed it down over the past yr,” Bowser mentioned at a Wednesday information convention.
“We all know that when carjackings go down, when the usage of weapons goes down, when murder or theft go down, neighborhoods really feel safer and are safer,” she added.
On Monday, Lawyer Common Pam Bondi mentioned 1,599 arrests have been made and 165 unlawful weapons have been seized within the days since Trump’s crime crackdown.
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Trump has threatened to deploy Guard troops to different Democratic-run cities to fight crime.
