For a number of reasons, the least of them being the fact that he hasn’t been a part of the Trump administration for a year and a half, and is presumably relying upon whatever his friends in the White House are feeding him. He’s also an egomaniac, as anyone who’s lived in New York City-as I have for my entire life-will know.
Of course he’s an ego-maniac.
He thought by simple assertion of leadership and priorities that he could reduce crime.
On the other hand, more American lives were saved in NYC in his first four years than were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan throughout the Bush administration - and by a strong margin. The first two years of “Clinton’s national crime reduction” was ENTIRELY the effect from NYC.
What arrogance.
BTW, for anyone walking around NYC under Dinkins vs under Giuliani, the whole city was like night and day.