WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump visited his first DC restaurant that he didn’t own since winning the White House, to demonstrate what he said was a safer capital city.
The beneficiary of Trump's field trip was Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, a couple of blocks from the White House. The menu features a half-dozen oysters for about $24 from Maine, Cape Cod or Prince Edward Island. The seared red snapper is about $47. Or a one-pound Alaskan red king crab goes for $125.
Trump arrived with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Trump told reporters he was eating out to highlight Washington as a safer city than it was. He was greeted with loud cheers from people across the street and a smattering of boos inside, according to social media video and reporters.
“We have no crime,” Trump told reporters Sept. 2 before saying he might try a DC restaurant to prove it. "You can go and actually walk with your children, your wife, your husband, you can walk right down the middle of the street. You're not going to be shot.”
Trump declared an emergency a month earlier to take over DC’s Metropolitan Police Department. He also deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to bolster security.
