This is basically a straw man. The reason the drop in crime is generally mentioned isn't to ridicule the idea that crime happens. It's to point out that crime is a pretext for Trump doing the authoritarian thing he always wanted to do. This article buys into the pretext. bsky.app/profile/resn...
Trump Gains When Elites Downplay D.C. Crime
Denying a serious, persistent problem gives the president an opportunity to grandstand.
