President Trump will participate in a public cabinet meeting this afternoon amid the administration’s federal crime crackdown in Washington, DC, and ongoing peace negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
President Trump’s federalization of the DC Metropolitan Police force and deployment of the National Guard began about two weeks ago after Trump deployed federal law enforcement agents across the capital on August 7.
Attorney General Pam Bondi shared that nearly 1,100 arrests had been made and over 100 illegal guns were seized as of this morning.
87 more arrests and 4 illegal firearms seized last night in Washington, DC — where not a single carjacking has occurred over the past week.
We also arrested another Tren de Aragua gang member and a man caught burning our American flag in Lafayette Park.
Make DC Safe Again! pic.twitter.com/SEuoXgwsKq
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 26, 2025
This is also the 12th day without a murder in the district, which previously averaged at least one homicide every other day.
President Trump has also set his sights on executing his crime initiative and deploying the National Guard in other cities like Chicago, New York, and San Francisco.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump told reporters on Friday, “I think Chicago will be our next, and then we’ll help with New York.” He added, “Now, you look at what the Democrats have done to San Francisco. They’ve destroyed it… We’ll clean that one up, too.”
This cabinet meeting also follows President Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders of NATO member nations last week at the White House. This followed his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, August 15.
During the meeting, Trump revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a deal that would involve security guarantees for Ukraine, which Ukraine has made as one of its central demands to end the war.
President Trump later spoke with Putin privately and announced that Putin agreed to meet with Zelensky and later participate in a trilateral meeting with Trump and Zelensky.
Trump and his cabinet are expected to discuss the latest developments in the peace negotiations, the success of the President’s federal takeover in Washington, DC, and other important topics.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11 am ET.
Watch live below:
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