“In Washington, D.C., “murders in 2023 reached the highest rate probably ever.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. press conference. Claim dated 11 Aug 2025.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The city’s murder rate did increase in 2023 to the highest rate in 20 years, but it wasn’t the highest ever. (The highest was in 1991.) And murders have decreased since 2023..
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 11 August 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 August 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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