Trump makes first D.C. restaurant go to after calling capital ‘very protected’

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President Donald Trump made a uncommon public eating look Tuesday evening when he stopped at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, D.C., aiming to focus on enhancements within the capital’s security beneath his administration.

"We’re standing proper in the midst of D.C., which, as you recognize, about over the past yr was a really unsafe place. Over the past 20 years, it’s been very unsafe." Trump informed reporters outdoors the restaurant. "And now it’s acquired nearly no crime."

He added, "The eating places now are booming. Individuals are going out to dinner the place they didn’t exit for years. And it’s a protected metropolis. And I simply need to thank the Nationwide Guard. We liked working with the mayor and the chief, and all of us labored collectively and the end result is admittedly spectacular. We've got a capital that’s very, very protected proper now."

In the course of the dinner, Trump confronted down left-wing protesters, who shouted, "Free D.C.! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!"

TRUMP DINING AT DC RESTAURANTS WOULD CAUSE 'POLITICAL MAELSTROM,' WASHINGTON MAG WARNS

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outdoors the restaurant Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP through Getty Photographs)

Trump appeared unfazed by the protests in video that went viral.

This marks the primary time Trump has publicly dined at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. , in both of his phrases. Trump was accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Warfare Pete Hegseth.

In a press release to Fox Information Digital, Erika Polmar, the Government Director of the Impartial Restaurant Coalition, praised Trump for consuming out and inspired the president to advertise insurance policies to assist the restaurant business.

"The President's first dinner out in Washington, D.C. should not be his final," Polmar stated. "It is by no means been extra vital for the Administration to acknowledge the vital position eating places and bars play in communities throughout the nation. The truth on the bottom is hard. Reservations are down nationwide, prices stay excessive, and too many unbiased eating places are working on razor-thin margins."

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She continued, "That’s why we're working with the administration to make sure the brand new No Tax on Ideas coverage is carried out pretty and consists of tax reduction for everybody, together with back-of-house staff and people who are compensated by service fees. Impartial eating places and bars are one in every of America's largest employers and maintain hundreds extra jobs in farms, wineries, linen corporations, florists, and provide distributors nationwide. There's extra work to do, and we hope the Administration continues to take heed to unbiased eating places and bars as they enact insurance policies to make sure persons are working, paid pretty, and might develop their companies."

Trump floated the thought of eating at an area D.C. restaurant final week in response to his deployment of federal troops to crack down on crime .

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U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Joe's Seafood restaurant close to the White Home for dinner, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 9, 2025. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

"I feel it’s one thing we might think about doing. Like to do it. I really like the White Home meals, however after some time, I might see going to a pleasant restaurant. It’s protected," Trump told reporters .

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