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Fact-checking Trump’s interview with ‘Meet the Press’
The president-elect discussed the major policy priorities for his second term and made several false, misleading or exaggerated claims along the way.
- Crime, border security and family separation
Trump said that crime is rising sharply in the United States and blamed it on migrants.
“Look, our country is a mess,” he said. “We have the highest crime rate.” He later said “a lot of that is migrant crime.”
There is no evidence of a migrant-driven crime wave in the U.S., and crime broadly is down, according to the most recently available data.
Asked about his controversial policy of separating families who crossed the border illegally, Trump suggested President Barack Obama’s administration had done the same.
“You also had it with Obama,” Trump said. “You also know he built the jails for the children.”
Obama didn’t have a policy of family separation, as Welker pointed out during the interview and as NBC News fact-checked back in 2018. The detention centers the U.S. built during his administration — which were later used by Trump during his “zero tolerance” family separation policy — were due to a massive surge of unaccompanied minors who crossed the border without their parents during his administration.
Asked about his controversial policy of separating families who crossed the border illegally, Trump suggested President Barack Obama’s administration had done the same.
“You also had it with Obama,” Trump said. “You also know he built the jails for the children.”
Obama didn’t have a policy of family separation, as Welker pointed out during the interview and as NBC News fact-checked back in 2018. The detention centers the U.S. built during his administration — which were later used by Trump during his “zero tolerance” family separation policy — were due to a massive surge of unaccompanied minors who crossed the border without their parents during his administration.
