Updated August 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM PDT
President Trump on Thursday delivered pizza and hamburgers to a group of police and National Guard forces that he has charged with a high-profile push against what he has described as rampant crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C.
Trump had earlier suggested he would be going out on patrol. "I'm going to be going out tonight, I think, with the police, and with the military, of course. So we're going to do a job," Trump told The Todd Starnes Show.
But instead, it was a quick trip to an operations center for the U.S. Park Police on the Anacostia River. Carrying a handheld mic, Trump thanked law enforcement for their work.
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"I feel very safe now, and I'm hearing people