"The president has mentioned several times that his friends feel safe enough to go out to restaurants now that DC has been cleaned up. He's showing people that he's comfortable enough to do the same. Optics!" -Summer Lane, commenting on X
[PJMedia.com] President Donald Trump did something a bit unusual on Tuesday night. He loaded up some of his team—including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth—and took them out for a very public dinner in downtown Washington, DC. Apparently, other VIPs were in attendance, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, but I only confirmed the three men with my own eyes... (Screengrab image: via X-Rapid Response 47)
The group went to Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, which is located just northeast of the White House, and a mix of reporters, fans, and protesters greeted them outside. Of course, this wasn't just a social outing. The president wanted to make a point about the crime turnaround in DC since he sent in the National Guard to patrol the streets in August.
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Various videos on social media show the president and his staff shaking hands with and chatting with some of the restaurant's other diners, but it wasn't exactly the peaceful outing they'd probably hoped for. No, there wasn't any crime committed or anything like that, but a group of what appears to be liberal white women disrupted the president's dinner—and everyone else who was there trying to enjoy a meal—with some sort of "Free Palestine" nonsense. ... The president walked right up to them, smiled, and seemingly nodded his head along with their chants, completely unfazed, before asking security to see them out... (Screengrab image: via X-Rapid Response 47) Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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