Remarks transcript, Jun 11, 2026 (Donald Trump)

By the way, Washington now is a safe, beautiful place. We had 22 fountains, Doug, that are all working. Not one of them worked for years—for 25 years, 40 years, 58 years. The—actually, the—pool didn't work from nineteen—it was 1928 it was built. It always leaked because it was done in stone. Now it's done properly. It's not going to leak at all.

But this is a beautiful place now. People are coming. Restaurants are thriving. The restaurants were all closing, closed. Nobody wanted—now you can't get restaurant space. You can't get into a—we have a thriving community.

We got rid of the crime. We're 92-percent down on crime. Think of it. And we're going to be close to 100 percent pretty soon. You always have some whack job someplace. But we're going to be close to 100 percent.

So Washington is thriving. Memphis is—I—the people came in from Memphis: 74-percent reduction in crime.

New Orleans—think of that: 78-percent reduction in crime. They had the safest Mardi Gras that they've ever had. You know why? Because we sent in people that—that take care of crime.

Chicago should do it. New York should do it. Los Angeles should do it. We'll make them safe places again.

Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you.