‘No crime… if a man has a little fight with wife’: Outrage after Trump defends domestic violence

US President Donald Trump has suggested that domestic violence should not be considered a crime, as he claimed that the deployment of the National Guard in Washington, DC, has brought down crime. He said that his opponents are citing reports of “a little fight with the wife” to undermine his crackdown.

“Things that take place in the home they call crime. They’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime scene,” Trump said as he delivered an address at the Museum of the Bible in Washington.

Trump: They say crime is down 87%. I said: No, no, no, it's more than 87%. Things that take place in the home they call crime....If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this is a crime.pic.twitter.com/2M3c11QUMd

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 8, 2025

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‘No crime in Washington’

Last month, Trump deployed 800-member troops of the National Guard in the capital city to bring down crime, in a move that was widely contested and is now expanding to other states.

Trump said, “There’s no crime. They said, ‘Crime’s down 87 per cent,’” Mr. Trump said Monday. “It’s more than 87 per cent — virtually nothing.”

The US capital city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, sued the federal government over the “illegal” takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and accused the Trump administration of “abusing its temporary, limited authority under the law.”

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Meanwhile, Washington DC sought an emergency restraining order to block what it called a “hostile takeover” of its police department by Donald Trump.

Is crime really down in DC?

According to a report by New York Times, crime is certainly declining in the city, but the city is not completely free of it as the president claims.

According to police data, Sunday saw a spike in crime, including one homicide, six vehicle thefts, two assaults with a deadly weapon, four robberies, and over 30 reported thefts.