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Let's fact-check the claims made in the text: Washington, D.C.

Original video: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-s-going-on-with-the-hands-trump-demonstrates-his-hypocrisy-mocks-gavin-newsom-s-hand-gestures-during-tone-deaf-rant/vi-AA1Nhugu

Fact checked on: September 25, 2025

Fact Check Analysis

Let's fact-check the claims made in the text:

  1. Washington, D.C. Safety and Crime Rates: The claim that Washington, D.C. is now a "totally safe zone" with crime down 100% is not accurate. Crime statistics fluctuate, but a 100% reduction is implausible. As of the latest data, Washington, D.C. continues to face challenges with crime, though specific crime rates can vary over time.

  2. Restaurants in Washington, D.C.: The claim that restaurants in Washington, D.C. were dying and are now bustling is subjective. The restaurant industry has faced challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is no specific data to confirm a dramatic turnaround in the past three weeks as described.

  3. Crime Reduction in Other Cities: The claim that crime could be reduced in cities like Chicago, New York, or Los Angeles in two weeks is speculative and lacks evidence. Crime reduction is a complex issue that typically requires long-term strategies.

  4. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles: The claim that President Trump sent troops to Los Angeles to save the Olympics is inaccurate. There is no record of federal troops being deployed to Los Angeles for this purpose. The Olympics are scheduled to be held in Los Angeles in 2028, and there have been no reports of them being at risk.

  5. Pacific Policies Fire and Water Management: The claim that Gavin Newsom stopped water from coming into California, affecting fire management, is misleading. Water management in California is complex, involving multiple factors and agencies. There is no evidence that Newsom personally stopped water flow in a way that directly caused fires.

  6. Poland-U.S. Military Relations: The statement about the U.S. having a strong military relationship with Poland is accurate. The U.S. has stationed troops in Poland as part of NATO commitments, and Poland has been increasing its defense spending.

  7. Poland's Defense Spending: The claim that Poland's defense spending is at 4.7% of GDP is inaccurate. As of the latest data, Poland's defense spending is around 2% of GDP, which aligns with NATO guidelines. The claim of reaching 5% is a future goal, not a current reality.

Overall, the text contains several inaccuracies and exaggerations, particularly regarding crime rates, military interventions, and water management in California.

Video transcript

If you look at Washington, D.C. three weeks ago, it was the same or worse, and now it's considered a totally safe zone. Restaurants are open. They're bustling. Restaurants, you have to see, restaurants were dying. Nobody wanted to go out. They didn't want to be attacked. They didn't want to be mugged. They didn't want to be attacked, even in the restaurant. And you take a look at what's happened. Friends of mine that haven't gone to a restaurant in four years, one of them went out five times in the last two weeks to a restaurant with his family. They feel totally safe. Washington, D.C. is a totally safe city. You're not reporting any crime because there is none. They said crime is down 87 percent. And I said, no, it's not. It's down 100 percent. We have a great thing going. I could do that with Chicago. We could do that with New York. We could do it with Los Angeles. So we're making a determination now. Do we go to Chicago or do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that's become quite, you know, quite tough, quite bad. So we're going to be going to maybe Louisiana. And you have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We'll straighten that out in about two weeks. It'll take us two weeks, easier than D.C. But we could straighten out Chicago. All they have to do is ask us to go into Chicago if we don't have the support of some of these politicians. But I'll tell you who is supporting us, the people of Chicago. And I sort of want them to let it be known they have incompetent people. A guy like Gavin Newsom, he's the governor of a state that if we didn't go in, if we didn't go into Los Angeles with our soldiers, with our National Guard, you wouldn't even be having the Olympics there. They were going to take it. And remember this, your top law enforcement officer in Los Angeles said, there's no way we could have done this without President Trump coming in with the troops. We saved Los Angeles and we saved the Olympics. Thank you very much. Mr. President, in regards to Gavin Newsom, would you be open to a congressional investigation in regards to the Pacific Policies fire that killed 12 seniors to see if there's any negligence on Gavin Newsom or Karen Bass in regards to those deaths? Well, I'll tell you there's negligence on not getting people permits. That is negligent. We got all of the federal permits, Lee Zeldin. The federal permits are much more difficult. They were all gotten within 30 days. People could go build the houses. It's going to be years before they are allowed to build the house. And Karen Bass is grossly incompetent. And Newsom, he's this is a very incompetent guy. I watched him with the hands. I'm saying, what's going on with the hands? There's something wrong with there's something wrong with them. Do you watch him? There's something wrong with this guy. But more importantly, he didn't allow the water to come from the Pacific Northwest. You know, they have tremendous amounts of water in California. People don't know. They send the water out to the Pacific Ocean. So I demand that it be open. If that were open during the fire, before the fire, you wouldn't have the fire because all the sprinklers would have worked in the houses. They had no water. They had no water in the fire hydrants. You wouldn't have had the fires. It would have been put out after one house, two houses. But he stopped the water from coming in. And I had to send in the military to have that water opened after the fires. And now they have water. But he should have more because they've restricted. They still restricted. There's something wrong with these people. There's something really wrong as to investigation. I view it as a gross incompetence. I view it as an ideology that's wrong. It's a radical left ideology. And if I didn't win this election, I think our country would be destroyed. I don't believe you'd be here right now, and our country would be destroyed. Yeah. The Press Thank you, sir. What's the most important branches of interest between Poland and the U.S. and Europe? Well, it's just the relationship we have. I think there's a great trust and a great — more than, you know, more than most countries, more than almost any countries. We have some in a category that's very special, and Poland is in that category. We have a very special relationship. It's like the question about the soldiers that was asked. We never even thought in terms of removing soldiers from Poland. We do think about it with regard to other countries, but we would never. No, we're with Poland all the way, and we will help Poland protect itself. Thank you. Mr. President, I would like to add something. Yeah, of course, security is most important also for our relation. And I'm a historian, as you know, maybe, Mr. President. Sure. I'm a historian, and this is the first time in Polish history, in 20th century and the 21st century, that the Poles are happy that we have foreign soldiers in Poland. So the American soldiers are the part of our society nowadays. We have almost 10,000 soldiers. And this is the signal to the whole world and also to the Russian Federation that we are together, but we are not like the Poland freeriders in Europe and in NATO. Mr. President Trump knows it because our GDP for military service achieved 4.7, so we are probably the one NATO nation which is on this level. And we will not stop. Me, as the President of Poland, we are going to achieve 5 percent of GDP for military service, but with American soldiers on Polish soil, we solidify and we are secure.