Overview

• Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood near the White House with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior aides.
• Activists from Code Pink confronted him inside, chanting “Free D.C., free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time,” before being escorted out by security.
• In a White House video, Trump told diners the city is “safe,” saying “you won’t be mugged going home,” while praising the National Guard deployment.
• Speaking to reporters, he said the crackdown motivated the outing and indicated another city for a similar operation would be named “very shortly.”
• The episode drew cheers and jeers from patrons, triggered a wave of negative online reviews for the restaurant, and renewed scrutiny of arrest claims and ongoing legal challenges to the federal intervention.