President Trump ventured simply exterior the White Home’s grounds on Tuesday to dine in downtown Washington, D.C., to spotlight the federal crime crackdown almost a month after his choice to ship Nationwide Guard troops to the nation’s capital.
The president went to Joe’s Stone Crab, which is a number of blocks away from the White Home, and was joined by Vice President Vance, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“We’re standing right in the middle of D.C., which, as you know about over the last year, was a very unsafe place. Over the last 20 years it was very unsafe and now it’s got virtually no crime. We call it crime-free,” Trump mentioned.
The president additionally mentioned he plans to announce a brand new metropolis that he’ll ship federal legislation enforcement to “probably tomorrow,” suggesting the governor of that state and mayor of that metropolis desires his assist. He has been eyeing Chicago and New Orleans as the subsequent cities to curb crime.
“Here I am standing out in the middle of the street. I wouldn’t have done this three months ago, four months ago, I certainly wouldn’t have done it a year ago. This was one of the most unsafe cities in the country. Now it’s as safe as there is in the country,” Trump mentioned, standing exterior the D.C. restaurant. “Everybody should go out.”
He additionally thanked the Nationwide Guard, which he federalized on Aug. 11 to patrol D.C.
“The National Guard, they’re working with the mayor and the chief and we all work together and the outcome is really spectacular, we have a capital that’s very, very safe,” Trump mentioned.
Trump proclaimed final month it’s protected to go to eating places within the nation’s capital once more, saying that they’re extra crowded than they’ve been in a very long time. Knowledge on the time steered restaurant attendance amid his police takeover had taken a dive.
To this point in D.C., 2,177 whole arrests have been made, based on the White Home on Tuesday.
These arrests embrace 20 identified gang members and 222 firearms seized. Moreover, seven lacking youngsters have been rescued and 50 homeless encampments have been cleared.
On Monday night time alone, 57 arrests had been made, and 14 of them concerned migrants, “many” of which have prior legal histories, based on the White Home. Eight firearms had been seized.
Greater than 3,200 federal legislation enforcement brokers from 22 companies participated in patrolling the streets on D.C. on Monday night time.
