Falsely claims Washington DC is 'now the safest city in the country' at GOP retreat

During his House GOP retreat speech, Trump falsely claimed 'Washington, DC, is now the safest city in the country.' Crime data expert Jeff Asher told CNN this was 'obviously not true,' noting that while DC has seen a large drop in shootings over the last two years, 'there have still been over 100 people shot there in the last 4.5 months.' The false claim was part of Trump's broader pattern of exaggerating his administration's accomplishments and making demonstrably false statements about crime statistics. The claim appeared in a rambling, hour-plus speech that fact-checkers identified as containing at least 18 inaccurate statements.

"Washington, DC, is now the safest city in the country"