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    Trump's go-to foil: Big cities

    by Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Sep 18, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - One of the most arresting images of Donald Trump's inaugural address in 2017 was a grim portrait of urban America, riddled by poverty, gangs, drugs and other blight.

    "Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation," he said. "This American carnage stops right here and stops right now."

    Well over halfway through his presidency, Trump continues to portray urban America in terms of "carnage." Baltimore, Chicago and Atlanta have each taken turns being portrayed as bastions of crime and dysfunction. His latest is Los Angeles, where he is visiting for campaign fundraisers, just a week after his administration dispatched a busload of officials to scrutinize homelessness in the city.

    "We can't let Los Angeles, San Francisco and numerous other cities destroy themselves

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