Trump claims DC is now 'safe' and more people are dining out since his crackdown. The numbers tell a different story
Source: theGrio
Trump claims DC is now ‘safe’ and more people are dining out since his crackdown. The numbers tell a different story
Despite the president's claim that D.C. restaurants have been "busier" since his administration announced its federal crackdown on crime via law enforcement, recent data shows the opposite.
Gerren Keith Gaynor
Aug 18, 2025
President Donald Trump on Monday declared Washington, D.C., safe again, a week after he announced a federal crackdown amid claims about crime in the nation’s capital.
“It’s safe,” Trump said inside the Oval Office during a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As evidence of his claims, the president told reporters he received several calls from others, including Democrats, who shared that they were dining out in D.C. after previously avoiding doing so due to crime in the city.
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Despite Trump’s claim that D.C. restaurants have been “busier” since his administration announced its federal crackdown on law enforcement, recent data shows the opposite.
According to data from OpenTable, restaurants in D.C. have seen a 25% drop in diners since Trump’s Aug. 11 announcements, including invoking the D.C. Home Rule Act to federalize the city’s local police department. WUSA9 reports that restaurant reservations were 27% below their 2024 levels the day after the president’s announcement. On Wednesday, Aug. 13, reservations dipped by 31%.
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Read more: https://thegrio.com/2025/08/18/trump-claims-dc-is-now-safe-and-more-people-are-dining-out-since-his-crackdown-the-numbers-tell-a-different-story/
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