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'Not sustainable': DC restaurant reservations plummet after Trump's police takeover [View all]
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dc-restaurants/'Not sustainable': DC restaurant reservations plummet after Trump's police takeover
Restaurant and bar owners across the Washington, D.C. area reported a significant drop in revenue after President Donald Trump federalized the local police force and deployed military troops.
On Sunday, a WUSA analysis of data from OpenTable found that restaurant reservations had dropped by more than 25%.
Trump first announced his plan to crack down on crime in D.C. on Monday. Reservations that day fell by 16% compared to 2024. By Wednesday, reservations were 31% below 2024 levels.
Bar owner Dave Perruzza said that Friday night felt "like a desert."
"Thursdays are all local, but Fridays and Saturdays we get people from out of town, and we just had none of them. It was awful," he explained.
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