Trump says "young, beautiful girls in the White House" thanked him for making DC safer

At a Long Island rally for a Republican governor candidate, President Trump said youthful women at the White House had thanked him for making Washington, D.C., safer, touting his National Guard deployments. His remarks coincided with FBI’s 2025 data showing the U.S. homicide rate at a 75-year low and violent crime down 9.3 percent. Trump credited his administration’s enforcement actions, but experts quoted by the Associated Press noted crime has been declining nationally since 2022, with no single cause clear. A Council on Criminal Justice report found homicides fell 18 percent across cities with varied political leadership. Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and actor Kelsey Grammer attended; Patel credited Trump. Senior federal law-enforcement officials appearing at a partisan event broke with tradition.