Trump spreads false narratives about DC crime – just as he did with LA

<p>As mayor calls US president ‘hyperbolic’, experts say portrayal of crime rooted in false and misleading claims</p><p>Donald Trump is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-crime">deploying the national guard</a> in Washington DC and seizing control of its police force, claiming that the nation’s capital has become “lawless” and is “one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the world”.</p><p>The president portrayed himself as DC’s savior, vowing to rid it of “crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor and worse”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-crime-los-angeles">Continue reading...</a>