Trump said the police and troops are doing a ‘fantastic job’ more than a week after he federalized control of the city’s police department.
President Donald Trump said that he will be patrolling the streets with police and the National Guard in Washington on the evening of Aug. 21.
“I’m going to be going out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military, of course. We’re going to do a job,” Trump told Todd Sternes on his radio show.
Trump to Patrol DC Streets Tonight with National Guard https://t.co/Gsf0PcYTnv
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) August 21, 2025
The president went on to say that the military stationed in Washington is doing a “fantastic job” at law enforcement in the nation’s capital.
President Donald Trump federalized control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department on Aug. 11, ordering about 800 National Guard troops to assist with law enforcement.
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,“ Trump said at a White House press briefing at the time.
“This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back.”
Starnes responded to Trump’s news of his plans to go on patrol, pondering whether the president would be given a uniform, and joked, “I want to see my president tase someone tonight.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
