Former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund told Newsmax on Friday that President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., tour where he met with police and military members will “absolutely” raise morale during the ongoing crackdown on crime and homelessness in the district.

Trump on Thursday traveled through Washington, D.C., for a series of meetings with police officers and members of the military currently deployed to the capital.

“I just want to thank everybody very much for being here,” Trump said while visiting the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility in Southeast D.C., the main gathering point for the agencies involved in the operation. “I wanted to do this. We’ve had some incredible results that have come out, and it’s like a different place. It’s like a different city. It’s the capital. It’s going to be the best in the world.”

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