Trump police acquisition of the capital has a sudden victim: restaurant reservations

Restaurant reservations decreased in the capital last week, as it decreased by 16 % on Monday – the day when the Capital Base Law called – 27 % on Tuesday, and 31 % on Wednesday compared to the same days in 2024, according to what he said OpenTable. Wusa, a local TV station, was the first to A report on the news.

Washington, the capital, is one of the very few American cities that see a decrease in dining reservations in August compared to last year, according to OpenTable. Before the police acquired Trump, the capital improved in the reservation numbers for 11 consecutive months on an annual basis, according to Wusa.

This makes this August more surprising. August is usually slower a month in the year of restaurants in Washington, where Congress and families go to holidays at the last minute.

“There has always been this expectation that reservations would decrease in August,” said Sean Townsin, President and CEO of the Metropolitan Association of Washington, who pointed out that university movements and family travel are great seasonal factors. “But the additional vision of federal agents and forces on the streets cannot be ignored – it contributes to shrinkage.”

Meanwhile, Townsund, still prematurely determined the amount of the link directly related to Trump’s policy, because filling in federal forces started only in the middle of the last week.

Ariel Pereira, a server in Osteria Al Volo, an Italian restaurant in the capital, was told, luck He certainly saw a decrease in the Diners. Only 40 % of the dining room will sit, when the restaurant is usually at full capacity.

However, it was not sure whether he should attribute this to the last acquisition, or because of the children’s return to school.

The reservations have also decreased over the past two weeks in the neighboring city of Baltimore, according to OpenTable data. However, the decrease is clearly less severe: reservations decreased by less than 10 % every day with the exception of August 17, which showed a 19 % decrease.

Trump, at the same time, draw a different image. On Monday, sitting next to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelinski, the correspondent president told that he believed the restaurants were more crowded than it was long ago.

“The press says,” It is a dictator, he is trying to take over. “No, all I want is the safety of our people.” “But people who did not go out for dinner in Washington, DC, during two years will go out for dinner, and restaurants in the last two days were more preoccupied than they were long ago.”

Even with a decrease in the crime in the capital to 30 years a little This year, Trump last week Deployed 800 National Guard forces along with hundreds of federal agents to eliminate the city. Referees from the states of the Republican Party on August 16 pledge To send 750 additional soldiers. The officials have since been arrested about 300 people, according to the White House, more than 40 % of them Unable immigrantsAccording to Washington Post.

Trump’s move was met with a mission backlash From the population, with hundreds of streets to protest against the “hostile acquisition” on August 16. The demonstrators also gathered It is clear against Ban wander around young people It is formed by the Capital Police, which prevents adolescents under the age of 17 years from gathering in large groups in a famous landing area.

Some residents of the capital support this step.

“I am happy that Trump will take care of the police department. I think there is need, I think we will have some results.” He said NBC Washington.

Sherrill Watson, another group member, agreed that “children are out of control.”

The other population informed empty in a frightening way Streets And the “rooted patrols” that bother them.

“There is no crime crisis in the capital,” “Rosa Brooks, former DC Metropolitan reserve officer, and he is now a professor at the Law College of Georgetown, He said NPR.

She said: “These are the lands of the police state, the lands of Bonana State for the Banana Republic Police.”

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