Trump called ‘Hitler of our time’ by protesters interrupting his seafood dinner

‘Trump is the Hitler of our time! Free DC and Free Palestine!’

They might seem like chants that would take place at a rally in Washington, DC, but they were echoing inside Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab in the nation’s capital, where President Donald Trump dined last night.

Trump, his Vice President JD Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other White House bigwigs were out for a meal when they were approached by pro-Palestine demonstrators.

Video showed Trump walking up to the chanting group, stopping and smiling, before gesturing for them to be moved out.

‘Come on, let’s go,’ he said, before his Secret Service agents escorted the protestors out.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump and his associates were enjoying ‘crab, shrimp, salad, steak and dessert’ at the eatery.

Trump doesn’t often dine in public anymore, likely for reasons like what happened in the restaurant yesterday.

Tensions in the US are continuing to climb with the country’s position in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The encounter, staged by protest group Code Pink, who later wrote on X: ‘They feast while Gaza starves. Trump is the Hitler of our time. Free DC. Free Palestine! Stop terrorising communities all over the world!!’

A famine was officially declared in Gaza for the first time in history last month.

The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) made the announcement as more than half a million people in the enclave face catastrophic conditions.

Israel continues to deny there is a famine in Gaza, calling the reports ‘lies’ and ‘modern blood libel’.

They claim the IPC relies on Hamas sources and accused the system of having ‘twisted its own rules’.

Photos of starving Palestinians, some of them babies, have emerged from Gaza in the past weeks, sparking public outcry for intervention in the conflict, which is about to enter its third year.

Israel has denied any responsibility for what experts have deemed a famine, despite controlling the flow of all aid into the enclave.

In June, despite the status of the US as Israel’s biggest international supporter, President Trump appeared to agree that there was a famine.

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu told a Christian conference in Jerusalem that claims of a famine were a ‘bold-faced lie’, adding: ‘There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza.’

Asked by a reporter if he agreed with Netanyahu’s comment, Trump replied: ‘I don’t know.

‘Based on television, I would say not particularly, cause those children look very hungry.

‘But we’re giving a lot of money and a lot of food, and other nations are now stepping up. I know this nation [the UK] is, right here.’

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