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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

‘Hyperbolic and false’: Trump’s portrayal of crime in Washington DC has little to do with facts

Protesters hold up signs such as 'i'm afraid of nazi goons not dc kids'
A protest in Monday in Washington in response to the president’s police takeover. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Donald Trump is deploying the national guard 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”.

The president portrayed himself as DC’s savior, vowing to rid it of “crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor and worse”.

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