President Donald Trump discussed crime, policing, and his working relationship with Dan Bongino during a recent exchange, reflecting on Bongino’s departure from the FBI, their collaboration inside the administration, and what Trump described as historic crime reductions across the country.

Bongino opened the conversation with praise for Trump, thanking him for appearing and commending his leadership.

“The greatest President in my lifetime, and frankly, probably any other lifetime, either president, Donald J Trump, Mr. President. Thank you so much for joining us today. We appreciate it,” Bongino said.

Trump's Sovereign Wealth Fund: What Could It Mean For Your Money?

Trump responded by acknowledging Bongino’s exit from the FBI, expressing mixed emotions about the move while praising Bongino’s media success.

“Well. Thank you very much, Dan and you too. I was very unhappy when you left the FBI, but I was very happy that you have your show, which is so good. So I’m okay with this neutral. I call it a net neutral,” Trump said.

Bongino then reflected on his time working with Trump, describing the experience as results-driven and focused on measurable outcomes, particularly on crime reduction.

“Mr. President, I want to thank you for the opportunity. The past year has been absolutely incredible, and given that you know, you’re a results guy, having we obviously we were friends before, but working for you is a completely different experience. You are a results guy, you’re a spreadsheets guys, how would you get to a net present value positive with what you’re doing? And I’ll never forget an Oval Office meeting we had in light of the DC crime numbers today, hadn’t had a homicide in a record amount of time in DC, thanks to your leadership, we’re sitting in the Oval Office, and I was talking to you about the homicide rate plunging, and it was only about three months into my term there,” Bongino said.

This Could Be the Most Important Video Gun Owners Watch All Year

He continued by detailing how policing strategies were discussed and expanded during those meetings.

“I said, Mr. President, what we’re doing down in Memphis and elsewhere is working, and I’ll never forget I said we’re doing the broken windows Rudy Giuliani style policing. You looked at me and you said, Hey, how do we take this nationwide? And you never, ever let go. You stayed on top of it with me and cash. You were all over it. You’re such a hands on guy, and it was just so refreshing to work for someone who doesn’t get into all the hype and all the nonsense, but cares about the numbers. It’s probably your business background. What it is, but amazing job on that,” Bongino said.

Trump responded by outlining what he described as historic crime statistics achieved during his administration, while also addressing challenges posed by illegal immigration and resistance from political opponents.

“Well, we have the best crime numbers we’ve ever had. We have the lowest number of crimes in 125 years since they recorded. That’s a 1900 year. And to think of it, 125 years. That’s despite a lot of bad people coming in through the border that shouldn’t be here. And we’re getting them out. You got a lot of them out yourself. We’re doing much better than anybody would think, and yet we have our lowest think of it,” Trump said.

He continued by emphasizing removal efforts and the obstacles he said his administration faced from state and local leadership.

“Lot of criminals came into our country. We’re getting them out and we’re getting them out fast. We have to fight liberal judges and, you know, fake governors para terrible governors and mayors guys like just take a look at Minnesota. Wall sees a disaster,” Trump said.

Trump also referenced media coverage of declining crime in Washington, D.C., arguing that enforcement measures were responsible despite reluctance to credit his administration.

“But if you think about it, I was reading The Washington Post this weekend, and they have a big story on crime in DC is way down and there. The whole purpose of the story is why we can’t figure it out. What happened? Is it the police department? They stepped up their game. What is it? They talked about everything. And then toward the end, they had a little thing that, of course, Trump surged a lot of very tough military into it. And it was that surge that did it. I would say 97.2% okay, let’s put it that way,” Trump said.

WATCH:

The opinions expressed by contributors and/or content partners are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Objectivist. Contact us for guidelines on submitting your own commentary.