Trump at Graceland Touts Memphis Crime Statistics and Promises Further Reductions, Mar. 23, 2026
March 23, 2026 · The White House · 0:01:22
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What happened
During a site visit at Graceland in Memphis, President Trump said, as he stated it, that the crime statistics over a period of five months are way down, that most categories are down by 75 percent and more, and that the administration is proud of the result. He said, as he stated it, that Memphis went through a terrible thing and that, as in Washington, D.C., the administration is doing great in every place it goes, as he characterized it.
The President said, as he stated it, that he would love to go to Chicago and to San Francisco, that crime there could be gotten rid of very easily in his account, and that, as he stated it, Democrats do not want that — while crediting San Francisco’s Democratic mayor, as he stated it, with working hard. He closed with remarks about Elvis Presley, saying, as he stated it, that he never met Elvis, knew Frank Sinatra and most of the others, and likes Elvis’s music.
Why it matters
Memphis is one of the cities the administration cites for its federal crime intervention model, and the President used the Graceland stop to attach specific percentages — and a two-to-three-month prediction — to that claim.
Scoreboard watch
The President’s Memphis figures — crime down by 75 percent or more over five months, and his prediction that it will be down over 90 percent within two or three months of March 23, 2026, all as he stated them — are dated, checkable claims. Flagged as scoreboard candidates for the editor; no verdict is published from this page.
Sources: The White House, “President Trump Participates in a Site Visit at Graceland”, 2026-03-23 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-03-23). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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