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So let me get this straight…

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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      It's funny how he said he would drain the swamp but he is BY FAR the most egregious SWAMP KING I have ever seen in the white house.

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        Maybe you just don't understand what he means by "swamp." You need @Jolly here to translate for you.

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        • 89th8 89th

          It's funny how he said he would drain the swamp but he is BY FAR the most egregious SWAMP KING I have ever seen in the white house.

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          @89th said in So let me get this straight…:

          It's funny how he said he would drain the swamp but he is BY FAR the most egregious SWAMP KING I have ever seen in the white house.

          I have added another item to track in my President Trump economic scorecard, and that is the number of federal workers. We will see how this does over the long term.

          End October 2024: 23.51MM
          End June 2025: 23.58MM

          https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USGOVT

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            0 murders since August 13.

            https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5469044-dc-crime-drop-trump/

            The Brad

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              Wait, we can trust the MPD's numbers now, right? (not that I'm doubting it)

              Also Trump said DC hasn't had a murder free week "in years" when really they've had 3 stretches already in 2025 in February, April, and May, and the February stretch lasted 16 days.

              But I'm glad we are spending $1 million per day on this PR stunt. 🙂

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              • 89th8 89th

                Wait, we can trust the MPD's numbers now, right? (not that I'm doubting it)

                Also Trump said DC hasn't had a murder free week "in years" when really they've had 3 stretches already in 2025 in February, April, and May, and the February stretch lasted 16 days.

                But I'm glad we are spending $1 million per day on this PR stunt. 🙂

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                @89th said in So let me get this straight…:

                Also Trump said DC hasn't had a murder free week "in years" when really they've had 3 stretches already in 2025 in February, April, and May, and the February stretch lasted 16 days.

                Fake news. There were murders. So many murders. Very bad hombres doing very bad things. So sad.

                I was only joking

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                  I’m old enough to remember when Obama’s use of Roman columns on the stage at the 2008 convention launched a hundred news segments on Fox about whether he had an emperor complex.

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                    Why isn’t he headed to Jackson MS, which has a murder rate more than 3x that of Chicago or DC?

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                      Still listening to the Hoover bio (it’s 37 hours of audio).

                      In 1964, Hoover spoke publicly about the crime rate in DC, saying he felt afraid to walk outside even in the daytime.

                      Seems exaggerated.

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                        I am not a President Trump fan, but there is some truth about crime in cities that he is talking about. Yes, by statistics, violent crime may be down, but I think a lot of us here would not want to walk around cities (or parts of cities) alone late at night.

                        A lot of it relates back to culture. When people feel it is okay to have a "flash mob" and bother people, rob someone, etc, that is just not goo. And that, I dont know how to change that behavior.

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                          Like I said in my first post, you can believe crime is a problem and think that Trumps approach isn’t the right one. And certainly not trust his motives. (Note he isn’t going after the cities with the highest crime rates, he’s limiting it to cities where he’s despised)

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                            It's also an expensive distraction. I'm a numbers guy... let's see what the crime charts look like in 1-2 years to see how much this $1 million per day deployment of mine-resistant war humvees is actually doing.

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                              Interesting. I wonder if they overcharged (assault with a deadly sandwich?) or if this is just plain jury nullification.

                              Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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