WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday (Aug 21) visited police and troops he has deployed within the US capital in what he calls a crackdown on crime, saying they have been going to “keep right here for some time”.
Trump ordered lots of of members of the Guard, a reserve pressure, to deploy in Washington final week vowing to “take our capital again”, regardless of protests by some residents and statistics exhibiting violent offenses falling.
“We will make it secure, and we’ll then go on to different locations, however we’ll keep right here for some time. We wish to make this positively excellent,” he mentioned outdoors a US Park Police facility in Washington.
The 79-year-old Republican was surrounded by legislation enforcement from numerous native and federal businesses in addition to Nationwide Guard troops.
Earlier on Thursday he prompt he would go on patrol with police and the navy, however as an alternative he made a brief speech and gave out pizzas and hamburgers.
“Everyone feels secure,” Trump mentioned, including that he plans to get the capital “fastened up bodily”.
“One of many issues we’ll be redoing is your parks. I am superb at grass, as a result of I’ve quite a lot of golf programs everywhere. I do know extra about grass than any human being,” he added.
