Trump's VP: Trinidad and Tobago crime rate worse than US capital
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August 21, 2025
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US VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance criticised TT’s crime rate on August 20 while speaking to the National Guard stationed at Washington DC’s Union Station.
While speaking to the guards, protests over the federal takeover of the city as well as the Israel-Hamas war erupted in the background.
Vance said, “You hear these guys outside? They appear to hate the idea that Americans can enjoy their communities and they do the fact that DC, a week ago, had a higher murder rate than TT, which the US State Department has said you shouldn’t visit because it’s unsafe.”
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