President Donald Trump said on Monday that since his announcement to take over the D.C. police department, people are now more comfortable going to dinner in the District. WTOP is digging into the data that shows restaurant reservations are actually significantly down compared to this time last year.

“People that haven’t gone out to dinner in Washington, D.C. in two years, are going out to dinner, and the restaurants, the last two days, were busier than they’ve been in a long time,” Trump said Monday from the White House.

But according to the booking site OpenTable , reservations have plummeted since this time last year. The site showed that reservations on Saturday and Sunday were both down around 20% from last year.

Trump boasted the opposite, adding that he’s had people calling him

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