Trump’s DC: The Stats Don’t Lie!

Let’s call it what it is: after seven nights averaging more than two dozen arrests per night, hundreds of criminals—gangsters, robbers, immigration violators—have been swept up by federal forces in D.C. Dozens of illegal guns have been confiscated. Homeless encampments cleared. Drugs—fentanyl and more—removed. Federal Patrols, Park Police, ATF, DEA, ICE, FBI—all engaged. The result? A city that, after too long, finally feels like what Americans deserve: safe and secure. And yes, Mayor Bowser, we see it.

For decades, Washington, D.C. has been trapped under progressive leadership more focused on public relations than public safety. If there was a way to massage crime stats, soften reality, or distract from the truth, Bowser’s city hall found it. Carjackings were rebranded as “unauthorized use of a vehicle.” Assaults were downplayed as “disturbances.” They played with definitions to make headlines look manageable—while ignoring the mothers walking their kids to school through dangerous streets.

Contrast that phony “before” with what’s happening now. Trump invoked Section 740 of the Home Rule Act and launched a federal surge. The results after just one week speak for themselves:

• Over 240 arrests.

• Forty-three in a single night, including dozens of illegal immigrants, multiple felons, and criminals with outstanding warrants.

• Illegal firearms seized before they could be used in robberies, carjackings, and murders.

• Enough fentanyl removed to kill every D.C. resident several times over.

• Homeless encampments cleared, graffiti erased, neighborhoods visibly cleaner and safer.

• A 30-day federal emergency declared, with the National Guard deployed and federal agencies patrolling every corner of the capital.

That’s not “optics.” That’s not a chart. That’s real action producing real results. And it’s only been one week.

Under Bowser’s leadership, residents were told to accept crime as normal—broken windows, stolen cars, gunfire in the night. Under Trump’s leadership, they are seeing accountability: criminals in handcuffs, drugs off the streets, families walking safely again.

Predictably, the political class is in meltdown. The same progressives who shrugged at carjackings and open-air drug markets now cry that law enforcement is “heavy-handed,” “overreach,” and “theatrics.” No—it’s called law and order. It’s called restoring sanity. It’s called giving Washingtonians the safety every American city should provide.

Meanwhile, Mayor Bowser is on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. Not in the command center. Not walking the streets with her residents. Not offering thanks that someone finally stepped up where she failed. While the feds rescue her city, she’s dining on lobster rolls, hoping cameras don’t catch her absent.

She opposed Trump’s intervention. She called it unnecessary and accused the White House of politicizing crime. But the moment Trump’s plan began, her city got safer—fast. If she had any humility, she would admit the obvious: D.C. is benefiting from law enforcement focus her office never had the courage to pursue.

The American people are watching. They can see real numbers versus rigged ones. They know when crime is stopped versus renamed. They know their safety should never be sacrificed for politics. And they see Trump’s crackdown making D.C. safer in ways Bowser never could.

The president has 30 days to continue. Every day promises more arrests, more weapons seized, more order restored. For the first time in years, residents are glimpsing what their city could be: clean, safe, livable, respectable.

This is what America should feel like—secure, protected, law-abiding. And it shouldn’t stop in Washington. Every American, especially in cities plagued by crime rates double the national average, deserves the same attention and relief. For once, leadership is putting victims first and criminals last.

This moment will echo far beyond the Beltway. Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Baltimore—all are watching. They are asking: if Trump can do this in the most politically hostile city in America, why not everywhere? That’s why this crackdown matters. It’s about more than Washington. It proves law and order is possible, chaos is not destiny, and safety is not partisan.

Mayor Bowser, enjoy Martha’s Vineyard. But when you return, you owe the people of D.C.—and the president who saved them—a thank-you note. Loud, clear, and sincere.