The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogotá, Colombia; Mexico City, or some of the places that you hear about as being the worst places on Earth. It’s much higher,” Trump said.

Trump federalizes Washington, D.C., police department and deploys National Guard, claiming the capital's murder rate exceeds cities like Bogota and Mexico City.

President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that the murder rate in Washington, D.C., "reached the highest rate probably ever" in 2023, and he ignored a decline in murders since then to justify a federal takeover of the city's law enforcement.