Washington D.C. went 12 days without any murders following President Trump's takeover of the capital city.
The streak was broken early Tuesday when a man was shot dead after midnight in southeast Washington. The last murder before that was on August 13, shortly after Trump's crackdown on crime began.
12 days with no murders is a significant accomplishment in Washington D.C., which ranks as one of the most dangerous cities in America.
D.C.'s murder rate was 26 per 100,000 residents in 2024, according to an analysis from the Council on Criminal Justice. And that was a 30% drop from the year prior, when murders hit a 20-year high.
So far in 2025, there have already been over 100 homicides, but Trump's critics insist he is somehow exaggerating the problem.
The Justice Department and Congress are both investigating the city's police department for allegedly falsifying data to make crime appear less severe than it really is.
According to the city's police union - which has accused the police department of data manipulation - crime is down citywide 11% since Trump's crackdown started.
Carjackings - which have often been perpetrated by teenaged thugs, leaving residents living in terror - are down 85%.
The authorities have arrested over 1,000 people and taken 100 illegal guns of the street. How many lives were saved just from that alone?
The thugs in D.C. seem to be realizing there is a new sheriff in town, and Trump is not done - issuing a call Tuesday for killers to receive the death penalty.
"Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. "Capital, capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, D.C., we're going to be seeking the death penalty. And that's a very strong preventative."
Criminals need to learn to fear the law again. It's really that simple, and with Trump taking charge, things have improved.
Trump accomplished something similar on the border - sending illegal crossings to record lows after they hit record highs under his predecessor, who had insisted he was powerless to solve the problem that he caused with his radical policies.
Once again, Trump is proving that failure is an option and not a destiny. The chaos that has plagued D.C. for so long is a direct consequence of liberal policies - and when the policies change, so do the results.
Democrats can keep insisting that crime in D.C. is not an issue, but the country disagrees. We know that things can get better - and Trump just showed how to get it done.
