Politifact, August 2025
President Donald Trump said sending National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to reduce crime has paid off. While speaking about his crime-fighting initiatives on Aug. 25, Trump said: “In the last 11 days, again, I hate to say it, because it sounds so ridiculous, but in the last 11 days, we’ve had no murders, and that’s the first time that’s taken place in years, actually, years, we always have a murder a week.” Trump later added, “So for 11 days there have been no murders. The record goes back years where that’s happened. They haven’t seen that happen in years.”
Trump made similar statements in recent days. Shortly before he spoke, Trump said in a Truth Social post, “There have been no murders in 9 days, something which hasn’t happened in years.” On Aug. 22, he said, “There have been no murders in D.C. in the last week. That’s the first time in anybody’s memory that you haven’t had a murder in a week.” Trump’s actions have drawn strong reactions from residents and politicians. A Washington Post poll found a majority of Washington, D.C., residents oppose Trump’s recent orders. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the 11-day streak tops the list of reasons that Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
