President Donald Trump delivered words of encouragement to National Guard members when he showed up in person on Thursday night to thank them and other federal law enforcement for their service in helping to reduce crime in the city.

As previously reported, we were already seeing significant drops in violent crime, according to the D.C. Police Union. Those decreases included things like carjacking and robbery. Robbery is down 46 percent, and violent crime is down 22 percent. 

One of the best stats so far is that there hasn’t been a murder in a week. 

As Fox columnist David Marcus noted:

As of Wednesday afternoon, the nation’s capital has had no murders for seven days, something that had not been achieved since March and something I can find no recent record of in summer months when the murder rate is typically at its highest.

Then, there are things like this: kindness and helping people, as a Guard member helps an older woman down the stairs and carries her cart for her. Oh, my, the ugly fascism!

Trump takeover of DC is brutal. White National Guardsman seen assaulting elderly black woman at a metro station.

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— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) August 21, 2025

She softly says, “Thank you so much” at about 22 seconds in the clip. He replies, “No problem, ma’am.” He even said, “Have a good night, ma’am” as he left. They’re helping to change things for the better and making people feel safe, as they should in our nation’s capital. 

These are the people the leftist protesters are screaming about. 

Whatever the Democrats or the left say, this is the reality, and good on the Guard for doing their part to help Americans. 

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