Washington restaurants are becoming unexpected collateral damage in President Donald Trump’s D.C. police takeover, with reservation data showing a sharp decline in diners since the president federalized the city’s police force.
Restaurant reservations in D.C. plummeted last week, dropping 16% on Monday—the day he invoked the D.C. Home Rule Act—27% on Tuesday, and 31% on Wednesday compared with the same days in 2024, according to OpenTable. WUSA, a local television station, was the first to report on the news.
