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spanone

(139,952 posts)
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:09 PM Aug 21

Trump to patrol DC streets with police and military - Tonight

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/

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Trump to patrol DC streets with police and military - Tonight (Original Post) spanone Aug 21 OP
It's not real cosplay unless he shoots a few puppies. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 #1
Will he be armed, the felon? Walleye Aug 21 #3
The convicted pedofelon is now copying Mouammar Gaddafi's stunts Justice matters. Aug 21 #29
He won't even walk one block. I bet he doesn't even come out. Walleye Aug 21 #2
Yes. Tomorrow, he'll say, "My Secret Service people told me that DC is too dangerous." MineralMan Aug 21 #7
🐓 Walleye Aug 21 #9
It's a photo op. He'll probably be golf carted mwmisses4289 Aug 21 #24
And if any bystanders do photos of him looking stupid, they will be beaten and arrested Walleye Aug 21 #25
No ride in the "Squeaky Tank?" I kid. Alice B. Aug 21 #27
What about signs in windows of as many homes as possible karynnj Aug 21 #30
Time for a streakathon C_U_L8R Aug 21 #4
What's he going to do? Drive around in his golf cart yelling "Respect my authority?" jls4561 Aug 21 #5
Authoritay , that's funny Walleye Aug 21 #11
Will they supply a caddy to carry Trump's guns and handcuffs for him? Midnight Writer Aug 21 #6
Yes, they will set up something like that, count on it Walleye Aug 21 #14
We think alike. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 #19
Is this how he gets his fake military medals? newdeal2 Aug 21 #8
Oooooh - maybe he can help collar some pizza delivery guys. Vinca Aug 21 #10
His caddies will arrange for someone to be sleeping on a grate just as Donald comes waddling up the sidewalk. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 #12
cosplay dressup time? RT Atlanta Aug 21 #13
He's gonna look pretty heavy with body armor Walleye Aug 21 #17
seriously... RT Atlanta Aug 21 #20
I think he's too much of a cheapskate to hire a proper tailor Walleye Aug 21 #22
I'm sure they have kacekwl Aug 21 #15
Seriously, if I were an enemy of the US, I would be thinking this is a good time to attack Walleye Aug 21 #18
Distraction from Epstein. gab13by13 Aug 21 #16
I wish somebody who had nothing to lose with haul off and bloody his news for him Walleye Aug 21 #21
On camera MorbidButterflyTat Aug 21 #37
That's the spirit Walleye Aug 21 #41
He just wants dweller Aug 21 #23
A brilliant strategy! Not one criminal will think that the approaching motorcade, led by cruisers with lights flashing, taxi Aug 21 #26
Will he dress up like a cop or a soldier? Ocelot II Aug 21 #28
Oh my god. choie Aug 21 #31
Finally completing the fantasy of what he wanted to do on Jan. 6th, 2021. tanyev Aug 21 #32
Well played Melania underpants Aug 21 #33
What a dick. 2MuchNoise Aug 21 #34
Hopefully they will deport him to cecot or gitmo SheltieLover Aug 21 #35
AMEN spanone Aug 21 #36
How about Mars? MorbidButterflyTat Aug 21 #38
Either of those work for me! Maybe on another defective space x? SheltieLover Aug 21 #39
K&R spanone Aug 21 #42
Wouldn't that be wonderful? SheltieLover Aug 21 #40
Maddow Blog-After boasting about plans to patrol D.C. streets, Trump fails to follow through LetMyPeopleVote Aug 22 #43

Walleye

(42,121 posts)
2. He won't even walk one block. I bet he doesn't even come out.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:13 PM
Aug 21

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

mwmisses4289

(1,976 posts)
24. It's a photo op. He'll probably be golf carted
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:31 PM
Aug 21

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.

Alice B.

(595 posts)
27. No ride in the "Squeaky Tank?" I kid.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:33 PM
Aug 21

Though I could see South Park doing something with this.

karynnj

(60,489 posts)
30. What about signs in windows of as many homes as possible
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:40 PM
Aug 21

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

(47,940 posts)
4. Time for a streakathon
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:14 PM
Aug 21

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

Midnight Writer

(24,566 posts)
6. Will they supply a caddy to carry Trump's guns and handcuffs for him?
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:16 PM
Aug 21

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

(42,121 posts)
14. Yes, they will set up something like that, count on it
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:19 PM
Aug 21

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

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,444 posts)
12. His caddies will arrange for someone to be sleeping on a grate just as Donald comes waddling up the sidewalk.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:19 PM
Aug 21

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

kacekwl

(8,524 posts)
15. I'm sure they have
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:19 PM
Aug 21

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

(42,121 posts)
18. Seriously, if I were an enemy of the US, I would be thinking this is a good time to attack
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:21 PM
Aug 21

gab13by13

(29,529 posts)
16. Distraction from Epstein.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:20 PM
Aug 21

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

Walleye

(42,121 posts)
21. I wish somebody who had nothing to lose with haul off and bloody his news for him
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:23 PM
Aug 21

Maybe Newsom will have to punch him

taxi

(2,452 posts)
26. A brilliant strategy! Not one criminal will think that the approaching motorcade, led by cruisers with lights flashing,
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:33 PM
Aug 21

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

(126,787 posts)
28. Will he dress up like a cop or a soldier?
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:36 PM
Aug 21

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?

LetMyPeopleVote

(168,791 posts)
43. Maddow Blog-After boasting about plans to patrol D.C. streets, Trump fails to follow through
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:31 PM
Aug 22

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.
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