Fact Check: Trump Did Not Claim 3 Weekly Deaths at Lincoln Memorial Pool

Hindustan Times · politics

Fact-checkers have clarified that former U.S. President Donald Trump's remark about losing three people a week to death was not related to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The comment, made during the pool's reopening ceremony, was misinterpreted on social media as referring to drownings. Trump's administration stated he was actually discussing a decline in crime-related deaths in Washington, D.C. He cited his administration's efforts to combat crime, claiming significant reductions and the removal of thousands of criminals from the streets.