Penn Quarter

About all those Dump Trucks and Massive Security/Police Presence Outside the Willard Hotel


14th and F Street, NW

“Dear PoPville,

Any idea what the security presence outside of the Willard Hotel is for?


14th and F Street, NW

Wondering if its just Freedom 250 stuff or something else. The entire block is surrounded by a barricade of snow plow trucks and there’s a white tent outside of the hotel entrance.”

The Iraqi Prime Minister is staying there.

AP reported:

“President Donald Trump gave Iraq’s new prime minister an effusive welcome at the White House on Tuesday, promoting the “tremendous chemistry” between him and a fellow wealthy businessman who arrived at the seat of governmental power without any prior political experience.

Ali al-Zaidi emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections. Trump endorsed al-Zaidi for the job after he threatened to cut off U.S. support for Iraq if another candidate became the country’s next prime minister.