A group of Codepink activists, a group against the war, protested President Donald Trump while having dinner at a seafood restaurant in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, according to a video shared by the organization.

The protesters described Trump’s foreign policy positions and the use of the National Guard in DC, shouting the songs of “Trump is the Hitler of our time. DC Fratis! Free Palestine!”

President Donald Trump talks to journalists outside the Joe's Seafood restaurant, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025.
President Donald Trump talks to journalists outside the Joe’s Seafood restaurant, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025.

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The activists first faced Trump when he entered the restaurant’s dining room and kept his songs as he approached his table.

“He is terrorizing the communities in DC, he is terrifying Gaza and communities worldwide,” said a protester.

A group of women shouting these statements was seen leaving the restaurant around 7:40 pm of the east and escorted on the other side of the street by the police, according to a report of the White House pool.

Trump’s Tuesday dinner at Joe’s Seafood is the first one he has had at a DC restaurant since he swore this January, CNN reports.

He promoted it as an example of how supposedly effective has been his repression against crime in the city, despite the fact that Opentable data has discovered that their increase in the Police and the National Guard have coincided with a decrease in dinner in the district.

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“We have a safe city, so that is good. Have fun. They will not assault you home,” Trump told guests, according to CNN.

Trump joined dinner by administration officials, including vice president JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and, according to reports, received a warm welcome from some diners, who greeted him with applause.

Early at night, Trump met Boos and a handful of cheers when he entered the restaurant, marking the second time this week that has been openly mocked in a public place.