Overview

• Videos show protesters entering Joe’s Seafood near the White House, chanting “Free Palestine” and “Trump is the Hitler of our time.”
• Trump was dining with Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with one outlet reporting Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also present.
• Demonstrators appeared to get within close range of the president inside the restaurant as aides remained nearby.
• Clips indicate Trump stared down or mocked the group, while Vance told patrons to enjoy their meals and Hegseth watched the scene.
• Outside afterward, Trump said he was not thrilled about Israel’s strikes and rejected a recently publicized Jeffrey Epstein birthday letter as not his signature.