Trump casts U.S. cities as dangerous wastelands to sway 2020 voters - The Washington Post

In President Trump’s telling, some of the United States’ largest and most iconic cities are dangerous wastelands plagued by crime, homelessness, filth and decay. The president’s increasing attacks on cities — often based on false or exaggerated information — come as his reelection campaign is seeking to brand Democrats running for president as extremists who will export liberal urban policies to the rest of the country.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-im-fighting-trump-tries-to-cast-us-cities-as-filthy-and-crime-ridden-in-attempt-to-sway-2020-voters/2019/07/02/089463ca-9cda-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html