Trump to host news conference to 'stop violent crime' and make DC 'one of the safest' cities in the world

The White House is expected to hold a news conference Monday to unveil further plans to “stop violent crime” in Washington, DC, after federal agents began rounding up drug-pushers, illegal handguns and culprits as part of a multi-agency crackdown. - Josh Christenson
“It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World. It will soon be one of the safest!!!” Trump posted on his Truth Social. 

• That’s six times higher than New York City’s rate that year, which reached 4.7 homicides per 100,000 residents — and four times higher than the 7.2 homicides per 100,000 people at the same per capita rate in Los Angeles.
• It’s also more than double Newark’s rate of 12.2 murders per 100,000 people in 2024.
• On Friday, a White House spokesman pointed to statistics showing how DC’s homicide rate also outranks foreign cities per 100,000 people — including Mexico City’s rate of 14; Port of Spain’s rate of 11.5; Bogota, Colombia’s rate of 10.4 and Islamabad, Pakistan’s rate of 9.2...