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BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts)
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:18 AM Aug 18

'Not sustainable': DC restaurant reservations plummet after Trump's police takeover

Source: Raw Story

August 17, 2025 4:01PM ET


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.

Before the president federalized D.C. law enforcement, the area had enjoyed 11 consecutive months of improvements in reservations.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dc-restaurants/



Link to WUSA article - https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/reservations-plunge-across-dc-restaurants-after-president-donald-trumps-police-takeover-summer-restaurant-week-district-open-table/65-e83cc2e7-a921-401a-ba35-960c77f8da14
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'Not sustainable': DC restaurant reservations plummet after Trump's police takeover (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 18 OP
Everything Drumpf touches dies. callous taoboy Aug 18 #1
The entire country is suffering from a massive t**** slump truthisfreedom Aug 18 #2
No tax on tips because there aren't any kkmarie Aug 18 #3
The Felon, as bad as any festering deadly disease, coming to your town soon. Buddyzbuddy Aug 18 #4
I'm curious as to the "why" of this mainer Aug 18 #5
I think the general public is TRYING BumRushDaShow Aug 18 #6
Probably all of the above. yardwork Aug 18 #7
People staying home and Businesses suffer for it. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 18 #8
and of course the moron just lied about it. mopinko Aug 18 #9

truthisfreedom

(23,468 posts)
2. The entire country is suffering from a massive t**** slump
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:57 AM
Aug 18

And his fucktator activities are the worst of it. He’s really destroying the last of his base’s approval. They have no reason at all to see this activity as a plus. He just looks like he’s flailing as a distraction from Epstein.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,455 posts)
4. The Felon, as bad as any festering deadly disease, coming to your town soon.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 06:48 AM
Aug 18

He has got to be the worst... ahh forget it. We all know. I have to get back to my googled Epstein/Tr.mp queries.

mainer

(12,430 posts)
5. I'm curious as to the "why" of this
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 09:02 AM
Aug 18

Are patrons reluctant to go into the city for dinner? Are they afraid they'll run into MAGA goons? Is a labor shortage affecting restaurant service?

BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts)
6. I think the general public is TRYING
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 09:15 AM
Aug 18

to avoid all the political rancor. Problem is, this is "for real" and no longer "just hyperbolic politics stuff". So it's possible that this nightmare is slowly beginning to seep into the American psyche.

There are also A LOT of international tourists who come here, particularly to places like D.C. or NYC, but that is obviously starting to dwindle now with fascism setting in.

yardwork

(68,040 posts)
7. Probably all of the above.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 10:07 AM
Aug 18

I'd like to see more granular data. August in DC is hot and muggy. Is there normally a slump in August or do the tourists usually come anyway? I don't know.

Trump and Vance keep threatening the Smithsonian and other museums. That's normally a big draw.

Are conventions being cancelled?

International tourists aren't coming to the US.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,233 posts)
8. People staying home and Businesses suffer for it.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 11:21 AM
Aug 18

THAT has been TACO's plan all along. Just to rough up a few Latinos believed to be "UNDOCUMENTED".

This police action is having an effect not only in D.C., but in big cities in states where Democratic Party Mayors and Governors reside. Business and tourism will suffer for it. Shit likes this trickles downwards.

mopinko

(72,955 posts)
9. and of course the moron just lied about it.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:58 PM
Aug 18

insisted that u can hardly get a table cuz it’s soooo safe in dc now.

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