Trump touts crime reduction during New York visit

(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump touted his record on crime and public safety during a visit to New York on Friday, which was also aimed at boosting Republican candidates in tightly contested races ahead of the midterms.

Trump toured the Nassau County Police Academy in Long Island, where he highlighted new FBI crime statistics showing a drop in violent crime last year. In remarks, the president highlighted a drop in violent crime, immigration crackdowns and support for police during his second term in the White House, praising New York law enforcement officials packed into the auditorium for “making America safe again.”

“In the past four years before I took office, the country was overrun by violent criminals,” Trump said in his remarks. “You remember just a couple of years ago how bad it was, right? Foreign gangs, savage thugs. Sleepy Joe. That was four years of hell. We lived in hell.”

The FBI’s preliminary 2025 crime data shows violent crime fell an estimated 9.3% nationwide compared with 2024, inc...