Chef Jose Andres calls Trump 'confused' over his 'flat out lie' that half of DC restaurants closed because of crime [View all]
Source: The Independent
Tuesday 26 August 2025 23:42 BST
Celebrity chef Jose Andres has called out President Donald Trump for his “flat out lie” that half of restaurants in Washington, D.C., have closed down due to high levels of crime frightening customers away.
Andres, who launched the global charity One World Kitchen, said the president was “confused” and had not once eaten outside of the White House or his own hotel in all the time he had been in the capital.
It comes after Trump boasted again that his administration had cleaned up crime in D.C., telling reporters Tuesday that friends of his were now returning to restaurants. “They haven’t gone out in four years – they were petrified,” he said. “Half the restaurants closed, because nobody could go, because they were afraid to go outside.”
In a blistering response on X, Andres claimed that it was in fact the president’s actions that had caused a decline in people eating out at restaurants in the city.
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