President Donald Trump’s attempt to showcase Washington, D.C., as “crime-free” turned chaotic when activists directly confronted him during his first dinner out in the city in nearly a decade.
Trump, 79, made a short three-minute motorcade trip from the White House to Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab. Flanked by Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump proudly declared, “We’re standing right in the middle of D.C., which … was a very unsafe place. And now it’s got virtually no crime. We call it crime-free.”
But inside the restaurant, protesters from the feminist activist group Code Pink interrupted his meal. (VIDEO)
One activist later said in a video, “He looked us right in the eyes, and we stood our ground… we are not afraid of Trump. He is afraid of us.”
The dramatic confrontation capped a week in which Trump defended his lack of local dining with reporters, vowing to prove critics wrong. Instead, his outing drew national headlines for the protest.
Meanwhile, Trump’s claims about a “crime-free” capital don’t match the data. D.C. police report violent crime is down 27 percent this year, but at least six homicides have occurred since Trump’s federal takeover began in August. Grand juries have also rejected several cases against protesters, including Sean Dunn, a gay former Justice Department worker accused of tossing a Subway sandwich at a federal officer.
Trump’s dinner ended with steak, seafood, and dessert—but his effort to control the narrative ended with a public reminder that many in the capital still see him as unwelcome.
