President Trump thanked National Guard soldiers and police officers involved in his crackdown on what he has described as rampant crime in Washington, D.C.

Days after Donald Trump sent National Guard troops and federal agents onto the streets of Washington, DC, the US president visited them on Thursday. He also handed out pizza and hamburgers as he praised their work.

Everyone interpreted this to mean he would be doing some kind of ride-along. That was a mistake.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump told “The Todd Starnes Show" that he would personally accompany the police and the military on some kind of a patrol around Washington, D.C., a city which he recently described as “overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people.”

The president brought pizza and burgers to members of the law enforcement agencies sent in to fight crime in the capital city and gave brief remarks.