White House officials expressed confidence in the Secret Service’s abilities to protect President Trump hours before rowdy protesters stood just a few feet away from Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, screaming “Free D.C.! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” The outburst occurred Tuesday night inside Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, a swanky D.C. restaurant a block and a half from the White House.

The pro-Hamas far-left Code Pink demonstrators held Palestinian flags and unfurled smaller banners disrupting Trump’s and his entourage’s arrival for the president’s first dining out experience in a D.C. restaurant since his second term began in January. Trump was captured on video, visibly angry, asking for protesters to be removed from the restaurant.

“C’mon, c’mon,” the president said, waving his hand. An unidentified male voice is then heard prodding the protesters, “Let’s go, let’s go.”

Among those who accompanied POTUS to the restaurant: White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, presidential press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and top White House aides Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, James Blair, and James Braid. 

Videos of the protesters shouting at Trump for more than 30 seconds from just steps away before Secret Service led the group out of the restaurant sparked angry rebukes from the MAGA faithful.

“Where the hell is the @SecretService?” far-right activist Laura Loomer demanded in an X.com post. “How did they get within inches of him? This is insane. Palestinian ‘activists in DC go around shooting people. How did this happen!? Unacceptable!”

Newsmax host Todd Starnes also demanded to know how the Secret Service allowed “a bunch of pro-Hamas protesters” to access the restaurant Trump chose for his first dining out experience in D.C. this year.

“Not a good look for the Secret Service tonight,” Starnes remarked.

Trump’s decision to head to the nearby restaurant, a frequent eatery for high-end lobbyists and tourists alike, was intended to focus on how safe D.C. is amid the administration’s crackdown on crime.

The decision to go out for the dinner and include Vance, Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was made just hours before, so there was very little advance Secret Service planning, sources tell RealClearPolitics. These last-minute presidential outings are known as Off the Records in Secret Service parlance, meaning that........

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