Trump to patrol DC streets with police and military - Tonight

[spanone]

More distraction from the Epstein Files...

08/21/25 12:54 PM ET

President Trump said he plans to go out on patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department and National Guard troops around Washington, D.C., on Thursday night amid a federal crackdown on crime.

“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 conservative radio host Todd Starnes on his show. “The National Guard is great. They’ve done a fantastic job.”

A White House official told The Hill that details of what Trump would be doing were forthcoming.

The Trump administration earlier this month began surging federal law enforcement across parts of the District to crack down on what the White House said was an unacceptable level of crime, despite statistics showing violent crime has declined in the city.

https://thehill.com/homenews/5463836-trump-patrols-dc-crime/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. It's not real cosplay unless he shoots a few puppies. NT

[Walleye]

3. Will he be armed, the felon?

[Justice matters.]

29. The convicted pedofelon is now copying Mouammar Gaddafi's stunts

Patroling the streets of Tripoli with his army...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/feb/22/muammar-gaddafi-life-in-pictures

[Walleye]

2. He won't even walk one block. I bet he doesn't even come out.

He’ll say the Secret Service told him it was too dangerous

[MineralMan]

7. Yes. Tomorrow, he'll say, "My Secret Service people told me that DC is too dangerous."

[Walleye]

9. 🐓

[mwmisses4289]

24. It's a photo op. He'll probably be golf carted

to the designated spot, get out and walk a few steps, pose for pics with a few handpicked people, get back in the cart and and be taken back where he can boast about how everybody came up to him and said sir you have made the d.c. streets feel safer.

Edited to add: Part of me hopes protesters come out in force along his route, but another part hopes they don't, because idgit and his minions are just looking for an excuse to start a war against real true Americans.

[Walleye]

25. And if any bystanders do photos of him looking stupid, they will be beaten and arrested

[Alice B.]

27. No ride in the "Squeaky Tank?" I kid.

Though I could see South Park doing something with this.

[karynnj]

30. What about signs in windows of as many homes as possible

Handmade is better than mass produced, but people could make posters to print out. Maybe saying we want our democracy and freedom back.

Add in no one on the streets he goes to. Not much of a photo opt then.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Time for a streakathon

A naked flash mob of thousands showing Trump their bare asses. Only thing, he'd probably like it.

[jls4561]

5. What's he going to do? Drive around in his golf cart yelling "Respect my authority?"

[Walleye]

11. Authoritay , that's funny

[Midnight Writer]

6. Will they supply a caddy to carry Trump's guns and handcuffs for him?

I picture a guided "hunting tour" like the ones Mighty Hunter Don, Jr. enjoys. Except on golf carts.

I know Trump can't wear a mask like the rest of his ICE goons because it smears his make-up. Nothing says "Alpha Male" like perfect make-up.

I picture ICE agents piling people on the ground so Trump can get his trophy photo taken standing on top of them.

[Walleye]

14. Yes, they will set up something like that, count on it

Gonna be a job hauling all that bulletproof glass around with them

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. We think alike. NT

[newdeal2]

8. Is this how he gets his fake military medals?

[Vinca]

10. Oooooh - maybe he can help collar some pizza delivery guys.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. His caddies will arrange for someone to be sleeping on a grate just as Donald comes waddling up the sidewalk.

Then Donald can “apprehend” the miscreant and win yet another championship..

[RT Atlanta]

13. cosplay dressup time?

will donny get to wear those fatigues he's been longing to wear?

[Walleye]

17. He's gonna look pretty heavy with body armor

[RT Atlanta]

20. seriously...

quoting Al Franken, donny is already 10lbs of shit in a 5lb bag

[Walleye]

22. I think he's too much of a cheapskate to hire a proper tailor

[kacekwl]

15. I'm sure they have

hired some brown folks to fake arrest for some fake murders, rapes, child trafficking, drug smuggling and the like. trumpy will most likely make the arrests himself in XXXL Ice gear. Hope he shoots himself.

[Walleye]

18. Seriously, if I were an enemy of the US, I would be thinking this is a good time to attack

[gab13by13]

16. Distraction from Epstein.

Krasnov is a coward, according to Michael Cohen he never in his life was involved in a physical altercation.

[Walleye]

21. I wish somebody who had nothing to lose with haul off and bloody his news for him

Maybe Newsom will have to punch him

[MorbidButterflyTat]

37. On camera

Then play that footage 24/7/365 forever.

[Walleye]

41. That's the spirit

[dweller]

23. He just wants

A sub sandwich



✌🏻

[taxi]

26. A brilliant strategy! Not one criminal will think that the approaching motorcade, led by cruisers with lights flashing,

could possibly be the police. They will be rounded up like bait fish in a cast net. That this has not been thought of before is a mystery. It's about time the genius was let out of the stable.

[Ocelot II]

28. Will he dress up like a cop or a soldier?

Will ICE Barbie Noem help him with his costume? The two of them could perform "YMCA" together. And how long will he last before he decides the photo-op is over because it's too hot and his cankles are swelling to the size of basketballs?

[choie]

31. Oh my god.

Der fuhrer.

[tanyev]

32. Finally completing the fantasy of what he wanted to do on Jan. 6th, 2021.

[underpants]

33. Well played Melania

[2MuchNoise]

34. What a dick.

[SheltieLover]

35. Hopefully they will deport him to cecot or gitmo

[spanone]

36. AMEN

[MorbidButterflyTat]

38. How about Mars?

Or just shoot his worthless ass into space.

[SheltieLover]

39. Either of those work for me! Maybe on another defective space x?

[spanone]

42. K&R

[SheltieLover]

40. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

43. Maddow Blog-After boasting about plans to patrol D.C. streets, Trump fails to follow through

Remember when the president said he’d join “with the police and with the military” in the streets of D.C.? He apparently changed his mind soon after.

Remember yesterday when Trump said he’d join “with the police and with the military” in the streets of DC last night?

That didn’t happen.

He instead spoke for 10 minutes about grass, ballrooms, AI, and how much he hates wind power. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-22T14:06:11.143Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-washington-dc-ride-along-patrol-rcna226515

With this in mind, the Republican raised plenty of eyebrows on Thursday afternoon with an unexpected announcement on a conservative radio program.

Trump: "I'm going to be going out tonight [in D.C.], I think, with the police and with the military of course."

— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2025-08-21T17:18:42.647Z

.....As it happens, the speculation proved unnecessary. The Washington Post reported:

Some protesters brought pots, pans and spoons in their backpacks, prepared to bang them together and make their anger at Trump’s federal law enforcement surge known. ... But Trump never patrolled. Instead, he returned to the White House.

Instead of following through on his curious boast, the Republican spoke for about 10 minutes to a group of uniformed personnel outside a U.S. Park Police operations center in the city’s Anacostia neighborhood.....

Whether the federal officials, law enforcement personnel and National Guard troops on hand found all of this confusing is also unclear — but either way, those assuming Trump would follow through by going on patrol in the streets of the nation’s capital were left disappointed.