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A video shared online showed President Donald Trump being confronted by CODEPINK activists during his dinner at a Washington, D.C. restaurant Tuesday (September 9) night.
The video, which was shared by CODEPINK's X account, showed the protesters chanting repeatedly at Trump, comparing him to Adolf Hitler and calling to "Free D.C." after his crackdown on crime within the city, which included calling in troops from the National Guard, and "free Palestine."
"Trump is the Hitler of our time. Free D.C., free Palestine," the group chanted repeatedly.
The president, who was joined by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was seen staring at the camera and smirking before pointing to the side, appearing to tell the group to get out before ordering security to intervene.
Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., claiming the city had been “overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people" while announcing his "Liberation Day" decision. The president claimed that his administration was "not going to let it happen anymore" and vowed to remove homeless encampments from all public places, which includes parks and underpasses.
Recent DC Metropolitan Police Department data showed that Washington D.C. has experienced a 26% drop in violent crime compared to 2025, with overall crime down 7% in the last year, according to the New York Post. Trump, however, downplayed the numbers as "phony" and claimed Attorney General Pam Bondi was "looking into that."