CNN Fact-Checker Smacks Down Trump Crime Claims Minutes After Wild Presser: ‘Fantastical’

Tommy Christopher Aug 26th, 2025, 8:32 am

CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale smacked down a raft of false crime claims by President Donald Trump minutes after Trump’s second wild press conference of the day.

Even as polling shows Trump’s takeover of policing in Washington, DC is deeply unpopular , the president is pushing to send troops to cities like Chicago . Trump and his administration have supported the push with a steady stream of wild and at times unhinged claims about crime.

On Monday’s edition of CNN News Central , Trump’s photo op with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung wrapped up — one of two marathon press sessions — and Dale was brought in to fact-check s

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