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President Donald Trump made a rare public dining appearance Tuesday evening when he stopped at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, D.C., aiming to highlight improvements in the capital’s safety under his administration.

"We’re standing right in the middle of D.C., which, as you know, about over the last year, was a very unsafe place. Over the last 20 years, it’s been very unsafe," Trump told reporters outside the restaurant. "And now it’s got virtually no crime."

He added, "The restaurants now are booming. People are going out to dinner where they didn’t go out for years. And it’s a safe city. And I just want to thank the National Guard. We loved working with the mayor and the chief, and we all worked to

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