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FILE-Members of the National Guard stand by at Union Station on August 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump has threatened to send National Guard troops to major cities to combat what he claims are areas plagued by crime.

Trump has distorted facts about crime in Washington, D.C. when his administration took over the D.C. police department on Aug. 11 and flooded the city with federal agents and National Guard troops. Now, Trump is hinting at taking similar action in Chicago, New York, Seattle, Baltimore, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon.

But data shows that most violent crime in these locales and other cities nationwide has dropped in recent years. According to the Associated Press, homicides through the first six

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