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Smilo

(1,971 posts)
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:49 PM Thursday

Trump: I'm Going Out on Patrol With National Guard

Source: Newser

Trump: I'm Going Out on Patrol With National Guard
It's expected to happen Thursday night



Read more: https://www.newser.com/story/comments/373923/trump-to-patrol-dc-streets-thursday-night.html



Photo-op - wonder if he'll have his upside down Bible on show.
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Trump: I'm Going Out on Patrol With National Guard (Original Post) Smilo Thursday OP
He will not walk a foot bluestarone Thursday #1
It might be a golf cart FakeNoose Thursday #18
He can serve them three orders of French fries from a window. n/t forgotmylogin Thursday #41
Good time to change the locks on The White House. twodogsbarking Thursday #2
Or remove manhole covers stollen Thursday #33
Be careful about that foot though Prairie Gates Thursday #3
Jesus take the wheel and drive him straight to hell. twodogsbarking Thursday #4
Is this is montanacowboy Thursday #5
If only. FalloutShelter Thursday #10
Local restaurants report uptick dweller Thursday #6
Is this when he gets to shoot somebody? Rver Thursday #7
He's bringing a flame thrower stollen Thursday #36
or vice versa? slightlv Thursday #42
Gee, I hope nothing bad happens to him. twodogsbarking Thursday #8
It would be a damned shame stage left Thursday #20
How far will he be able to waddle before his cankles swell up and he has to cut off the photo op? Ocelot II Thursday #9
Oh please put on a helmet and a uniform C_U_L8R Thursday #11
A la Muammar Gaddafi? 3catwoman3 Thursday #14
DonOld imitate a brownish Mooselimb? NEVAH!!! generalbetrayus Thursday #15
Probably in this vehicle built for Iraq duty. Norrrm Thursday #12
The safest place for him is under the vehicle IronLionZion Thursday #16
And hope the photo has the same impact as the Dukakis tank pic. Ocelot II Thursday #17
Chump doesn't have a driver's license FakeNoose Thursday #19
He doesn't have a driver's license? However does he vote???? slightlv Thursday #43
He votes by mail.... duh! FakeNoose Thursday #44
Could someone please talk Orange Julius Caesar into postponing his walk until Saturday night generalbetrayus Thursday #13
New Moon BeyondTheVeilJack Thursday #31
If TFG was in other parts of the world, like Florida, Rome, or Guatemala, I'd be praying for a suitably deep sinkhole Vogon_Glory Thursday #21
T just wants drive-thru food. Drum Thursday #22
Epstein. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #23
Perhaps... 2naSalit Thursday #24
What a dick. 2MuchNoise Thursday #25
Patrolling to the nearest McDonalds maybe IronLionZion Thursday #26
Yahoo Der Fuehrer is going on patrol topcelts Thursday #27
id love to see him march in formation .:) hem? AllaN01Bear Thursday #28
Is he gonna cosplay with Kristy Noem ? drray23 Thursday #29
Yes OP stole my thoughts, Bible photo op ahead bucolic_frolic Thursday #30
Just like his McD deception Nigrum Cattus Thursday #32
This! EPSTEIN MAXWELL & MALARIA! SheltieLover Thursday #34
We need people out with signage! Captain Zero Thursday #37
Hopefully, they will deport him to cecot or gitmo SheltieLover Thursday #35
Who is he going to have to choke this time stollen Thursday #38
Trump Ain't Actin' Presidential Mr.Bee Thursday #39
The pedofelon does not want to see the inside of a prison cell. Justice matters. Thursday #51
"I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, and disappear as needed!" ClickClack Thursday #40
Reply from the Street Gangs jmowreader Thursday #45
He's going on patrol Quanto Magnus Thursday #46
This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Thursday #47
He'll probably shit himself. red dog 1 Thursday #48
Oh, LOOK!! There's Donnie ... Bob_in_VA Thursday #49
He isn't going to patrol shit. LudwigPastorius Thursday #50
Classical TACO move IzzaNuDay Friday #54
Haven't seen any videos of him patrolling..only him making speeches and ordering pizza Deuxcents Friday #52
Another stunt. Another Performance. thought crime Friday #53
He didn't walk at all. He brought them pizza and burgers IronLionZion Friday #55
I literally laughed out loud when I read that! CTyankee Friday #56
Maddow Blog-After boasting about plans to patrol D.C. streets, Trump fails to follow through LetMyPeopleVote Friday #57

FalloutShelter

(13,717 posts)
10. If only.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:05 PM
Thursday

He's already gotten behind the wheel of a garbage truck...
and dropped a fry basket at Micky D's.

Ocelot II

(126,722 posts)
9. How far will he be able to waddle before his cankles swell up and he has to cut off the photo op?
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:01 PM
Thursday

And what kind of crime "patrol" fights crime when the whole area is surrounded by Secret Service agents as well as soldiers and cops? There won't be a criminal within a couple of miles; any crime that takes place in DC will happen somewhere else while all the cops and military personnel are busy enabling Trump's cosplaying a big brave soldier man.

C_U_L8R

(47,927 posts)
11. Oh please put on a helmet and a uniform
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:07 PM
Thursday

If they can find one in your size with enough fake gold medals and ribbons

FakeNoose

(38,366 posts)
19. Chump doesn't have a driver's license
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:24 PM
Thursday

... so no, the only thing he can drive legally is a golf cart.

generalbetrayus

(1,156 posts)
13. Could someone please talk Orange Julius Caesar into postponing his walk until Saturday night
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:10 PM
Thursday

when the moon is full and the werewolves will be out and about?

Vogon_Glory

(9,999 posts)
21. If TFG was in other parts of the world, like Florida, Rome, or Guatemala, I'd be praying for a suitably deep sinkhole
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:24 PM
Thursday

Something Carlsbad- or Mammoth Cave sized might do as well. But for our sins we won’t be that lucky.

2naSalit

(97,606 posts)
24. Perhaps...
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:32 PM
Thursday

He'll slink away in the dark never to be seen or heard from again. Make the world safe again!

topcelts

(19 posts)
27. Yahoo Der Fuehrer is going on patrol
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:37 PM
Thursday

We get to see der fuehrer in person on the streets. Will he be wearing his iron cross I wonder?

This menace to the world will eventually die and he and Dobson can sit around and discuss what a wonderful world they helped assemble together with all of our late modern heroes a la : Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao, Pol Pot just to name a few of the obvious. All of them Megalomaniacs*

"What doth it profit a man if he gain the world and lose his soul?"



*Megalomania: A psychological condition characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, power, and wealth, often accompanied by delusions of grandeur.

drray23

(8,341 posts)
29. Is he gonna cosplay with Kristy Noem ?
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:41 PM
Thursday

I dont think they make bullet proof vests big enough for him to fit in.

Mr.Bee

(1,103 posts)
39. Trump Ain't Actin' Presidential
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 03:05 PM
Thursday
He's Actin' Like a CELEBRITY !
Why don't you just resign and you can act like a celebrity as much as you wish!

Justice matters.

(8,790 posts)
51. The pedofelon does not want to see the inside of a prison cell.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:36 PM
Thursday

He wants to die before that will ever have the time to get him locked up for the rest of his conscious life.

jmowreader

(52,617 posts)
45. Reply from the Street Gangs
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:06 PM
Thursday

WASHINGTON (Spurious News Network) -- This station has just received a communique from a group calling itself the United Gangs of DC. It is published here in its entirety.

"The United Gangs of DC is a group that speaks for every social clique in our nation's capital. Whether you are a club for whites, blacks, Latins, Asians, motorcyclists or anything else, you have a home in the United Gangs of DC.

"It has recently come to our attention that Donald Trump plans to go out on patrol with the National Guard units illegally occupying our fine city. You can expect him and his thugs to bust heads, destroy homeless people's possessions, and do many other things no social clique would ever get away with.

"The United Gangs of DC requests that all members of social cliques and anyone not affiliated with a clique who may be in our nation's capital to STAY THE FUCK OFF THE STREETS DURING THIS PATROL. If you're housed, stay the fuck home. If you're homeless, find somewhere off the streets to be while Trump's out there. If you're visiting our city, stay in your hotel. You remember that movie The Purge where everyone who didn't wanna get whacked barred themselves up in their houses until the fuckin' Purge was over? Do that.

"Not seeing any heads he can bust to prove what a fuckin' hero he is will ruin his life more than anything else we can do to him. So do that. Stay off the streets and don't give him any satisfaction."

Response to Smilo (Original post)

Bob_in_VA

(108 posts)
49. Oh, LOOK!! There's Donnie ...
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 07:30 PM
Thursday

patrolling the streets of DC just like when he went to the Capitol with the Jan 6 "tourists".

LudwigPastorius

(13,250 posts)
50. He isn't going to patrol shit.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:50 PM
Thursday

They'll drive him to where a bunch guardsmen are, disgorge him from his limo, and snap a bunch of pictures of him scowling like a tough guy.

IzzaNuDay

(1,068 posts)
54. Classical TACO move
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:12 AM
Friday

Knowing the DC area quite well, I doubt Cheeto would ever be in the roughest DC hoods — it’s going to be a safe place. He was again talking a bunch of cow manure. Acting tough, nothing but fluff! That’s TACO!

Deuxcents

(23,677 posts)
52. Haven't seen any videos of him patrolling..only him making speeches and ordering pizza
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:08 AM
Friday

I checked YouTube and they all have the same thing. Maybe some people will start posting what the saw today in DC

IronLionZion

(49,722 posts)
55. He didn't walk at all. He brought them pizza and burgers
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:31 AM
Friday

in true Trumpian style.

Trump thanks officers and National Guard troops in D.C. stop
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/21/trump-dc-federal-takeover/

LetMyPeopleVote

(168,555 posts)
57. Maddow Blog-After boasting about plans to patrol D.C. streets, Trump fails to follow through
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:33 PM
Friday

Remember when the president said he’d join “with the police and with the military” in the streets of D.C.? He apparently changed his mind soon after.

Remember yesterday when Trump said he’d join “with the police and with the military” in the streets of DC last night?

That didn’t happen.

He instead spoke for 10 minutes about grass, ballrooms, AI, and how much he hates wind power. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-22T14:06:11.143Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-washington-dc-ride-along-patrol-rcna226515

With this in mind, the Republican raised plenty of eyebrows on Thursday afternoon with an unexpected announcement on a conservative radio program.

Trump: "I'm going to be going out tonight [in D.C.], I think, with the police and with the military of course."

The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2025-08-21T17:18:42.647Z


.....As it happens, the speculation proved unnecessary. The Washington Post reported:

Some protesters brought pots, pans and spoons in their backpacks, prepared to bang them together and make their anger at Trump’s federal law enforcement surge known. ... But Trump never patrolled. Instead, he returned to the White House.


Instead of following through on his curious boast, the Republican spoke for about 10 minutes to a group of uniformed personnel outside a U.S. Park Police operations center in the city’s Anacostia neighborhood.....

Whether the federal officials, law enforcement personnel and National Guard troops on hand found all of this confusing is also unclear — but either way, those assuming Trump would follow through by going on patrol in the streets of the nation’s capital were left disappointed.
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