Trump's False Claim of Hand-to-Hand Combat
President Donald Trump claimed that U.S. troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat with young members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua on the streets of Washington, D.C.
Trump claims that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington.
However, Joint Task Force–District of Columbia disputed this claim, stating that it never happened. This false claim is one of many made by Trump regarding the deployment of military troops, including the claim that there is now "no crime" in the district.
- Trump's claim was disputed by the military
- The claim is part of a series of lies used to justify urban military occupations
- These falsehoods have drawn the ire of the federal judiciary
Author's summary: Trump fabricates a story about troops fighting child gangsters.
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