What Trump Gets Right (And Wrong) About Crime

Colin Pascal
Aug 23, 2025
1 min read

Updated: Jul 23

Democrats are right that President Trump's timing and characterization of D.C. crime are suspect, but the president is also right that crime in American cities remains too high. The real risk is in the solutions themselves — they shouldn't deepen the divide between police and the communities they serve, or normalize using the armed forces for domestic law enforcement.

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