our country is going bad and it's going to be
changed on November 5th and if it's not changed we're not going to have a country anymore Brian
uh looks like the president was really balanced a somber tone Speaker 1: Failed. Former President
Donald Trump gave an interview on his plane to Brian Kilmeade to Fox News right after going
to the wake of a New York police officer killed in the line of duty. Trump's entire presence
there was, of course, one of these contrived moments that Trump is using to bolster himself
above others. And you really have to see this. I watched this three times to see if I'm really
seeing what what I think I'm seeing. Trump goes on an unhinged rant, threatening that if
he doesn't win in November, it's going to be certain destruction for the country. And then
they cut to Fox and Friends host Lawrence Jones, and Lawrence Jones goes a very somber tone
from President Trump. It's an it's a completely unhinged screed in which he threatens the country.
And Lawrence Jones goes very somber, very somber from Trump. Here, look at this November 5th.
Speaker 3: That's Election day. It's going to be November 5th. That is the most important
period of time. It's the most important day in the history of our country. Our country is going
bad and it's going to be changed on November 5th. And if it's not changed, we're not going to have
a country anymore. Brian, looks like the president was really balancing. It was a somber tone.
Speaker 1: A somber what are you talking about, a somber tone. He he's leaving the wake of
a slain officer killed in the line of duty, and he threatens the country with if he doesn't
win, you're not going to have a country anymore. Very somber. Very, very somber. Trump. Also,
by the way, facing 88 felony charges and, is jumping in on I support the police
and others don't he pulls that one with Brian Kilmeade during this interview as well.
Speaker 3: And politically, he can't support the police. I think he's also making a mistake.
But I think politically is his, base won't let him support the police and I support the
police. I would say at the highest level of any president by far, maybe double or triple.
Speaker 1: Trump supports the police. Double or triple what anybody else does. But understand, of
course, that these are also lies. Joe Biden has not defunded the police. Funding for police is not
up to Joe Biden. Joe Biden has not advocated for defunding the police. No high ranking Democrat has
advocated for defunding the police. I don't really know anyone other than some people on Twitter,
I guess, who want to defund the police. I know lots of people who want to reform. I know
lots of people who want to improve, retrain, reallocate all of those things. And it is actually
Republicans who have made it a habit of saying, we need to cut funding from the FBI. They're not
exactly the strongest defenders of, Washington, DC, Capitol Police after the January 6th riots.
But the rumor, the idea, the talking point persists that it's Democrats that want to defund.
More from this sad excuse for an interview. Take a look at this is the start of it, Mr. President.
Speaker 3: This is what we got up to today with the New York Post. Prime of
his life? Yeah. This officer, taken out. You place the call earlier this week.
Why was it important for you to talk to Stephanie? Speaker 1: Well, it's really important for my
campaign, Brian, to be seen as doing these things. Speaker 3: Stephanie's incredible. And they wanted
me to be there, and I wanted to be there. And I came in from Florida. And what a family.
The Diller family. And they lost a a hero, really. I mean, just a hero. They're devastated.
The family is devastated. The police forces devastated the whole country, you know, this way.
And, it's happening more and more and it's really a lack of respect for law and order. And we
have to have law and order back in our country, and we're going to do this. This can't happen.
This was a brutal murder. Not only is he a police officer in the prime of his life cut down.
This guy had 70 collars in three years. He loved doing the job. And this is a blue blood fan.
Speaker 1: All right, so you kind of get it. First of all, Trump is lying that the number
of that that it's happening more and more that police officers are killed. It's a tragedy when
police officers are killed, particularly since most of them are just trying to do their jobs
and improve their communities. Most of them, that's the reality. And it's a tragedy when they
are killed. But it's not happening more and more. You can actually go all the way back to 1996,
almost 30 years, and you can see that essentially officer deaths bounce between 100 and 140 per
year. It once went as low as 80, by the way, under Barack Obama, it was as high as 140 under George
W Bush. By the way, right now that we're talking a relatively small range, but it's not happening
more and more. It's just not a reality that it's happening more and more. We have data on this
and Trump is lying. And then lastly, with regard to this interview, here is Fox News anchor Dana
Perino in response. Bonds to this Trump interview, playing up the growing criminality in the United
States despite the fact that crime is down and it's down in a lot of places, and significantly.
Speaker 3: It's really a lack of respect for law and order. And we have to have law and order
back in our country, and we're going to get this can't happen. It's getting getting worse
and worse for police because we're not we're not, taking care of them. We're not, we're not we're
not allowing them to do their job properly. Former President Trump giving voice to what so
many Americans are thinking after attending the wake for NYPD Officer Jonathan Miller, who was
fatally shot in the line of duty, a sad reminder as surging crime and devastating violence
are transforming the nation's once vibrant cities into fearful danger zones. Welcome to a
brand new hour of America's newsroom. I'm Dana. Speaker 1: That entire thing was a lie. That
entire thing was. First of all, if I recall correctly, this is the first NYPD officer killed
in the line of duty in more than two years. So the idea that this is even an epidemic in New
York is a lie. New York's violent crime rate. New York's murder rate. They are lower than those
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. And they love to talk about the dangerous Democratic cities and blah,
blah, blah. They are. And it's funny how she says, as many Americans are feeling it, it's probably
true. Many Americans probably are feeling that. But facts don't care about your feelings. I
remember being told, and the facts, of course, are that officer deaths are basically flat
dating back 30 years. Tragic when they happen, but basically flat violent crime is down,
the murder rate is down, and New York is safer than Oklahoma City. Those are the facts, the
feelings you can get from Dana Perino on Fox News
