Donald Trump has suggested that domestic violence should not be counted in official crime statistics, dismissing the seriousness of spousal abuse as “a little fight with the wife.”
The president made the comments, which sparked a swift backlash, while discussing his high-profile crime crackdown in Washington, D.C. Trump declared an emergency in the District of Columbia last month to allow for a federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital city, sending in the National Guard and other federal agents to help local law enforcement to stamp out urban crime.
