Trump Announces He Will Personally Patrol DC
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he plans to personally patrol the streets of Washington, D.C. with the police and National Guard troops at night. Trump made the announcement during a Thursday interview…
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he plans to personally patrol the streets of Washington, D.C. with the police and National Guard troops at night.
Trump made the announcement during a Thursday interview on The Todd Starnes Show. The president’s remarks come ten days after he first announced he would be deploying the National Guard to the capital to combat its rampant crime crisis — following a string of violent homicides over the preceding months.
“I’m going to be going out tonight,” Trump told host Todd Starnes. “I’m going to keep it a secret. I’m going to go — you’re the only one that knows. You and your lots of listeners.”
“I’m going to go out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military, of course,” Trump added. “The National Guard is great, they’ve done a fantastic job.”
The president signed an executive order earlier in August declaring a crime emergency in D.C.
Since Trump’s takeover effort, 630 arrests have been made and 86 illegal guns have been seized. These arrests include an MS-13 gang member, according