'NEW YORK'S FINEST'
Trump demands left-wing NYC Mayor de Blasio rehires ‘incredible’ cops laid off amid ‘defunding’ movement and crime spike
DONALD Trump has demanded that left-wing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rehires "incredible" police officers who were laid off amid a Democrat-backed "defunding" movement and crime spike.
"You have excellent and law enforcement, but you have to let them do their job," the president said during a on Tuesday.
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The NYPD Anti-Crime Unit was shut down in June, which left roughly 600 officers reassigned and the department experiencing a rise in shootings and complaints, according to NYC Police Commissioner Dermot Shea.
Trump continued: "The Mayor should immediately hire back all the police who were fired without justification.
"They were fired, I guess that’s part of defund the police by the .
"New York City has an army of great police. I know them very well.
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The president then addedL "And the law enforcement and finest are as good as it gets and they should be allowed to do their job.
"If they're allowed to do their job the problem would be solved and solved quickly. They do it well."
The president also hit out at Seattle City Council's decision to defund its police force.
, by a vote of 7-1, the council approved a revised 2020 budget that reduced the department's spending by for the remainder of the year and invested $17million in community public safety programs.
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The City Council also cut Police Chief Carmen Best’s roughly $285,000 annual salary and the pay of other top police – although the final cuts to Best’s salary were more modest than those approved last week.
Just one day later, on Tuesday, Best announced that she was resigning from her post.
Speaking about Best's resignation during his on Tuesday, said: "The police commissioner seems like a very good woman.
"They were going to slash her salary by 40 or 50 percent, they cut tremendous amount off the police department.
"Those police are good also but they're not allowed to do their job.
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"I hate to see her go she did, in her own way, a good job.
"But she wasn't effective in convincing the mayor and city council to give the funds they needed - or leave the funds as they are.
"It will probably get worse before people realize it's a tragic error, I think Seattle's made a tragic mistake."
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