Trump Visits Police, National Guard in DC, Thanks Officers

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.
Trump Visits Police, National Guard in DC, Thanks Officers
President Donald Trump gives remarks to law enforcement officers at the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility in Washington on Aug. 21, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump met with law enforcement and the National Guard in the nation’s capital on Aug. 21, more than a week after his federal takeover of Washington’s law enforcement.

Assembling in front of the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility just after 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, the president brought hamburgers and pizza for roughly 300 officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Marshals Service, National Guard, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police.