Trump Says He'll Patrol Washington With Police, National Guard Thursday

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.

Members of the National Guard patrol near the US Capitol on the National Mall in Washington, on Aug. 20, 2025. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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.