Trump set to go on ride-along with troops in DC amid federal takeover

US president says he plans to join the police and military patrolling Washington DC’s streets Thursday evening

Donald Trump is set to join federalized law enforcement officials on the streets of Washington DC on Thursday as his administration continues its extraordinary and forced takeover the local police force in the US capital amid the deployment of national guard troops.

“I’m going to be going out tonight with the police and with the military, of course,” Trump said in an interview with the talkshow host Todd Starnes.