Trump declares DC a 'CRIME FREE ZONE' amid his federal crackdown

President Donald Trump has declared Washington D C to be crime-free Posting on Truth Social on Sunday the president wrote DC IS NOW A CRIME FREE ZONE IN JUST DAYS President DJT In a second post Trump added a list of updates and statistics This is a list I get every single day he disclosed JEANINE PIRRO TRUMP HAS CHANGED THE 'SAFETY LANDSCAPE IN DCIn an update for August Trump's post declared there had been arrests and five firearms seized Trump also noted an El Salvadorian national and MS- gang member was among those arrested two drivers of violence were arrested for felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm He also disclosed a person was arrested for assault on a federal officer and threats against the president as well as another person arrested for threatening National Guard personnel Lastly he announced an arrest was made for a sexual assault The president's posts came over two weeks after he declared a general safety crisis in the city and invoked Section of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the Metropolitan Police Department MPD under federal control SEN MARSHA BLACKBURN CRITICIZES DEMOCRATS WHO MAKE VILLAINS OUT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT He went on to deploy around National Guard troops to D C with on duty at any time Trump also reassigned federal agents from agencies like ICE to patrol the city CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWithin the first days federal administration disclosed around arrests and preliminary MPD input indicated a drop in robberies and auto break-ins By August aggregated material indicated over arrests and illegal firearms had been seized showing a substantial uptick in enforcement activity