President Donald Trump ’s rare outing to a local restaurant Tuesday night got off to a rocky start when he came face to face with protesters.

The president, accompanied by administration officials including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, arrived by motorcade at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab less than a quarter-mile from the White House .

Trump spoke to reporters briefly outside on the street outside the restaurant, where he was met with cheers and some chants of “free Palestine.”

Once inside, as he greeted restaurant patrons, a group of protesters holding Palestinian flags began chanting, “Free D.C., free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time.”

The activist group Code Pink claimed credit for the protests.

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