Washington D.C.'s Democratic mayor, Muriel Bowser, admitted on Wednesday that the deployment of National Guard troops ordered by President Donald Trump has caused crime rates to drop drastically and has made residents feel safer.
"We greatly appreciate the increase in officers that reinforces what the Metropolitan Police Department has been able to do in this city," confessed the Democratic Party affiliate at a press conference.
Bowser indicated that the most concerning crime in the capital—and that local forces failed to control—was vehicle theft. Under the new security scheme imposed by Trump, this criminal act has seen a 90 percent drop compared to the same 20-day period last year.
