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The D.C. "Liberation" That Isn't

Trump’s D.C. “liberation” pitch runs on fear, not facts, and the math doesn’t add up.

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Aug 14, 2025
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D.C. has “one of the highest rates of crime in the world,” worse than Mexico City, Bogotá, Islamabad, Addis Ababa, and “almost ten times higher than Fallujah.” Local stats are “manipul…

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