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.
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….