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Fuming Trump, 80, Erupts as His $1.7B Failure Is Exposed
The Daily Beast • • nation
Key Points:
- The Center for American Progress (CAP) released an analysis concluding that President Trump's $1.7 billion National Guard deployments in cities like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., did not reduce violent crime rates.
- CAP associate director Chandler Hall stated on C-SPAN that data from multiple cities showed no significant change in violent crime following the National Guard deployments, though there was a decrease in opportunistic property crimes.
- In response, Trump posted a lengthy message on Truth Social attacking CAP and its funders, accusing them of spreading falsehoods and threatening legal action against the organization.
- Trump’s post coincided with Fox News commentary praising the crackdown’s impact, despite CAP and other think tanks labeling the deployments as costly and ineffective stunts.
- The controversy highlights ongoing debates over the effectiveness of federal crime interventions and Trump’s combative approach to criticism from liberal policy groups.
