President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, New York, Seattle, Baltimore, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, to fight what he says is runaway crime. Yet data shows most violent crime in those places and around the country has declined in recent years.
Homicides through the first six months of 2025 were down significantly compared to the same period in 2024, continuing a post-pandemic trend across the U.S.
I was at the hospital and they had fox news on the tv. It was some round table bullshit and they were talking about Trump sending troops to Chicago. They used footage of a violent crime as justification for it and argued crime may ne lower but shouldn’t all crime be eliminated or something. I felt my vrain rotting listening to them. Thankfully i wasn’t in the waiting room long.