Workers were seen putting up new fencing barriers around the White House complex, adding to the 8-foot fence that was erected around the entrance to Lafayette Square earlier in the week.
The Secret Service said"the closures are in an effort to maintain the necessary security measures surrounding the White House complex, while also allowing for peaceful demonstration," adding that the closed-off areas would remain blocked until Wednesday.
The additional security could be in preparation for Saturday, when another large protest is expected to take place in Washington. The Secret Service took Trump to theWashington Police Chief Peter Newsham said he did not think there was cause for alarm. "These large, extremely large, peaceful protests is something we feel very comfortable managing," Newsham said Thursday."If you look at the way that this particular event has moved forward, we've had a couple of days of really good, successfulThe new fencing prompted many people on social media to joke that Trump was finally getting his wall, a reference to his 2016 campaign promise to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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