President Donald Trump this week ignored several consecutive years of decreases in Chicago’s violent crime and instead credited “Operation Midway Blitz” for the continuing downward trend.

In a Tuesday social media post, Trump, with no citation, said shootings, robberies and carjackings are all down at least 35% since the start of “Operation Midway Blitz” in early September. The progress, Trump said, comes “despite all of the radical opposition and obstruction we have from the Mayor and the Governor.”

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, the top official on the ground leading the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, said in a Wednesday morning post to X, “Crime is way down in Chicago thanks to President Trump and (Department of Homeland Security) Secretary (Kristi) Noem’s leader

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