US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
highlighted
his
eco d
o
c ime
a d
safety
du i g
a
visit
to
New
Yo k
o
F iday.
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
o
F iday
claimed
that
“you g,
beautiful
gi ls
i
the
White
House”
have
tha ked
him
fo
maki g
Washi gto ,
DC,
safe ,
as
he
highlighted
his
admi ist atio ’s
eco d
o
c ime
du i g
a
political
eve t
i
Lo g
Isla d,
New
Yo k.Add essi g
police
office s
at
the
eve t,
held
i
suppo t
of
a
GOP
ca didate
fo
gove o ,
T ump
epeatedly
touted
his
deployme t
of
the
Natio al
Gua d
to
cities
ac oss
the
US,
i cludi g
the
atio ’s
capital.“These
you g,
these
go geous,
beautiful
gi ls
a e
—
they
wa t
to
be
safe,”
T ump
said,
without
specifyi g
whom
he
was
efe i g
to.
He
added:
“Two
yea s
ago,
we
we e
i
a
hellhole,
a d
ow
we
have
o e
of
the
safest
cities.”T ump’s
ema ks
came
as
the
FBI
eleased
its
2025
c ime
statistics.
The
data
showed
that
the
US
homicide
ate
had
falle
to
its
lowest
level
i
75
yea s,
while
ove all
viole t
c ime
decli ed
by
9.3
pe
ce t
last
yea .T ump
att ibuted
the
imp oveme t
to
his
admi ist atio ’s
law-e fo ceme t
measu es
a d
Natio al
Gua d
deployme t
i
Washi gto .
Howeve ,
expe ts
quoted
by
ews
age cy
AP
oted
that
atio al
viole t
c ime
ates
have
bee
decli i g
si ce
2022,
maki g
it
difficult
to
ide tify
a
si gle
cause
fo
the
t e d.
A
Cou cil
o
C imi al
Justice
epo t
also
fou d
that
homicides
fell
18
pe
ce t
atio wide
ac oss
cities
with
dive se
political
leade ship.The
Lo g
Isla d
eve t
was
atte ded
by
Atto ey
Ge e al
Todd
Bla che,
FBI
Di ecto
Kash
Patel
a d
acto
Kelsey
G amme .
Bla che
a d
Patel
spoke
befo e
T ump,
with
Patel
p aisi g
the
P eside t’s
leade ship
a d
c editi g
him
fo
c ime
eductio .The
appea a ce
of
se io
fede al
law-e fo ceme t
officials
at
a
eve t
suppo ti g
Republica
ca didates
also
depa ted
f om
lo gsta di g
o ms
i
which
law-e fo ceme t
age cies
ge e ally
sought
to
avoid
ove tly
political
gathe i gs.