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Smilo

(1,977 posts)
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:49 PM Aug 21

Trump: I'm Going Out on Patrol With National Guard

Source: Newser

Trump: I'm Going Out on Patrol With National Guard
It's expected to happen Thursday night



Read more: https://www.newser.com/story/comments/373923/trump-to-patrol-dc-streets-thursday-night.html



Photo-op - wonder if he'll have his upside down Bible on show.
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Trump: I'm Going Out on Patrol With National Guard (Original Post) Smilo Aug 21 OP
He will not walk a foot bluestarone Aug 21 #1
It might be a golf cart FakeNoose Aug 21 #18
He can serve them three orders of French fries from a window. n/t forgotmylogin Aug 21 #41
Good time to change the locks on The White House. twodogsbarking Aug 21 #2
Or remove manhole covers stollen Aug 21 #33
Be careful about that foot though Prairie Gates Aug 21 #3
Jesus take the wheel and drive him straight to hell. twodogsbarking Aug 21 #4
Is this is montanacowboy Aug 21 #5
If only. FalloutShelter Aug 21 #10
Local restaurants report uptick dweller Aug 21 #6
Is this when he gets to shoot somebody? Rver Aug 21 #7
He's bringing a flame thrower stollen Aug 21 #36
or vice versa? slightlv Aug 21 #42
Gee, I hope nothing bad happens to him. twodogsbarking Aug 21 #8
It would be a damned shame stage left Aug 21 #20
How far will he be able to waddle before his cankles swell up and he has to cut off the photo op? Ocelot II Aug 21 #9
Oh please put on a helmet and a uniform C_U_L8R Aug 21 #11
A la Muammar Gaddafi? 3catwoman3 Aug 21 #14
DonOld imitate a brownish Mooselimb? NEVAH!!! generalbetrayus Aug 21 #15
Probably in this vehicle built for Iraq duty. Norrrm Aug 21 #12
The safest place for him is under the vehicle IronLionZion Aug 21 #16
And hope the photo has the same impact as the Dukakis tank pic. Ocelot II Aug 21 #17
Chump doesn't have a driver's license FakeNoose Aug 21 #19
He doesn't have a driver's license? However does he vote???? slightlv Aug 21 #43
He votes by mail.... duh! FakeNoose Aug 21 #44
Could someone please talk Orange Julius Caesar into postponing his walk until Saturday night generalbetrayus Aug 21 #13
New Moon BeyondTheVeilJack Aug 21 #31
If TFG was in other parts of the world, like Florida, Rome, or Guatemala, I'd be praying for a suitably deep sinkhole Vogon_Glory Aug 21 #21
T just wants drive-thru food. Drum Aug 21 #22
Epstein. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 21 #23
Perhaps... 2naSalit Aug 21 #24
What a dick. 2MuchNoise Aug 21 #25
Patrolling to the nearest McDonalds maybe IronLionZion Aug 21 #26
Yahoo Der Fuehrer is going on patrol topcelts Aug 21 #27
id love to see him march in formation .:) hem? AllaN01Bear Aug 21 #28
Is he gonna cosplay with Kristy Noem ? drray23 Aug 21 #29
Yes OP stole my thoughts, Bible photo op ahead bucolic_frolic Aug 21 #30
Just like his McD deception Nigrum Cattus Aug 21 #32
This! EPSTEIN MAXWELL & MALARIA! SheltieLover Aug 21 #34
We need people out with signage! Captain Zero Aug 21 #37
Hopefully, they will deport him to cecot or gitmo SheltieLover Aug 21 #35
Who is he going to have to choke this time stollen Aug 21 #38
Trump Ain't Actin' Presidential Mr.Bee Aug 21 #39
The pedofelon does not want to see the inside of a prison cell. Justice matters. Aug 21 #51
"I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, and disappear as needed!" ClickClack Aug 21 #40
Reply from the Street Gangs jmowreader Aug 21 #45
He's going on patrol Quanto Magnus Aug 21 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Aug 21 #47
He'll probably shit himself. red dog 1 Aug 21 #48
Oh, LOOK!! There's Donnie ... Bob_in_VA Aug 21 #49
He isn't going to patrol shit. LudwigPastorius Aug 21 #50
Classical TACO move IzzaNuDay Aug 22 #54
Haven't seen any videos of him patrolling..only him making speeches and ordering pizza Deuxcents Aug 22 #52
Another stunt. Another Performance. thought crime Aug 22 #53
He didn't walk at all. He brought them pizza and burgers IronLionZion Aug 22 #55
I literally laughed out loud when I read that! CTyankee Aug 22 #56
Maddow Blog-After boasting about plans to patrol D.C. streets, Trump fails to follow through LetMyPeopleVote Aug 22 #57

FalloutShelter

(13,729 posts)
10. If only.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:05 PM
Aug 21

He's already gotten behind the wheel of a garbage truck...
and dropped a fry basket at Micky D's.

Ocelot II

(126,803 posts)
9. How far will he be able to waddle before his cankles swell up and he has to cut off the photo op?
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:01 PM
Aug 21

And what kind of crime "patrol" fights crime when the whole area is surrounded by Secret Service agents as well as soldiers and cops? There won't be a criminal within a couple of miles; any crime that takes place in DC will happen somewhere else while all the cops and military personnel are busy enabling Trump's cosplaying a big brave soldier man.

C_U_L8R

(47,945 posts)
11. Oh please put on a helmet and a uniform
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:07 PM
Aug 21

If they can find one in your size with enough fake gold medals and ribbons

FakeNoose

(38,406 posts)
19. Chump doesn't have a driver's license
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:24 PM
Aug 21

... so no, the only thing he can drive legally is a golf cart.

generalbetrayus

(1,166 posts)
13. Could someone please talk Orange Julius Caesar into postponing his walk until Saturday night
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:10 PM
Aug 21

when the moon is full and the werewolves will be out and about?

Vogon_Glory

(10,001 posts)
21. If TFG was in other parts of the world, like Florida, Rome, or Guatemala, I'd be praying for a suitably deep sinkhole
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:24 PM
Aug 21

Something Carlsbad- or Mammoth Cave sized might do as well. But for our sins we won’t be that lucky.

2naSalit

(97,636 posts)
24. Perhaps...
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:32 PM
Aug 21

He'll slink away in the dark never to be seen or heard from again. Make the world safe again!

topcelts

(19 posts)
27. Yahoo Der Fuehrer is going on patrol
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:37 PM
Aug 21

We get to see der fuehrer in person on the streets. Will he be wearing his iron cross I wonder?

This menace to the world will eventually die and he and Dobson can sit around and discuss what a wonderful world they helped assemble together with all of our late modern heroes a la : Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao, Pol Pot just to name a few of the obvious. All of them Megalomaniacs*

"What doth it profit a man if he gain the world and lose his soul?"



*Megalomania: A psychological condition characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, power, and wealth, often accompanied by delusions of grandeur.

drray23

(8,346 posts)
29. Is he gonna cosplay with Kristy Noem ?
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:41 PM
Aug 21

I dont think they make bullet proof vests big enough for him to fit in.

Mr.Bee

(1,111 posts)
39. Trump Ain't Actin' Presidential
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 03:05 PM
Aug 21
He's Actin' Like a CELEBRITY !
Why don't you just resign and you can act like a celebrity as much as you wish!

Justice matters.

(8,801 posts)
51. The pedofelon does not want to see the inside of a prison cell.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:36 PM
Aug 21

He wants to die before that will ever have the time to get him locked up for the rest of his conscious life.

jmowreader

(52,626 posts)
45. Reply from the Street Gangs
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:06 PM
Aug 21

WASHINGTON (Spurious News Network) -- This station has just received a communique from a group calling itself the United Gangs of DC. It is published here in its entirety.

"The United Gangs of DC is a group that speaks for every social clique in our nation's capital. Whether you are a club for whites, blacks, Latins, Asians, motorcyclists or anything else, you have a home in the United Gangs of DC.

"It has recently come to our attention that Donald Trump plans to go out on patrol with the National Guard units illegally occupying our fine city. You can expect him and his thugs to bust heads, destroy homeless people's possessions, and do many other things no social clique would ever get away with.

"The United Gangs of DC requests that all members of social cliques and anyone not affiliated with a clique who may be in our nation's capital to STAY THE FUCK OFF THE STREETS DURING THIS PATROL. If you're housed, stay the fuck home. If you're homeless, find somewhere off the streets to be while Trump's out there. If you're visiting our city, stay in your hotel. You remember that movie The Purge where everyone who didn't wanna get whacked barred themselves up in their houses until the fuckin' Purge was over? Do that.

"Not seeing any heads he can bust to prove what a fuckin' hero he is will ruin his life more than anything else we can do to him. So do that. Stay off the streets and don't give him any satisfaction."

Response to Smilo (Original post)

Bob_in_VA

(108 posts)
49. Oh, LOOK!! There's Donnie ...
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 07:30 PM
Aug 21

patrolling the streets of DC just like when he went to the Capitol with the Jan 6 "tourists".

LudwigPastorius

(13,282 posts)
50. He isn't going to patrol shit.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:50 PM
Aug 21

They'll drive him to where a bunch guardsmen are, disgorge him from his limo, and snap a bunch of pictures of him scowling like a tough guy.

IzzaNuDay

(1,073 posts)
54. Classical TACO move
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:12 AM
Aug 22

Knowing the DC area quite well, I doubt Cheeto would ever be in the roughest DC hoods — it’s going to be a safe place. He was again talking a bunch of cow manure. Acting tough, nothing but fluff! That’s TACO!

Deuxcents

(23,723 posts)
52. Haven't seen any videos of him patrolling..only him making speeches and ordering pizza
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:08 AM
Aug 22

I checked YouTube and they all have the same thing. Maybe some people will start posting what the saw today in DC

IronLionZion

(49,750 posts)
55. He didn't walk at all. He brought them pizza and burgers
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:31 AM
Aug 22

in true Trumpian style.

Trump thanks officers and National Guard troops in D.C. stop
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/21/trump-dc-federal-takeover/

LetMyPeopleVote

(168,811 posts)
57. Maddow Blog-After boasting about plans to patrol D.C. streets, Trump fails to follow through
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:33 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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