It was nearly two weeks ago that President Donald Trump launched a crackdown to quell the rampant street crime in Washington, D.C., that involved the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, a surge of federal law enforcement agents, and the deployment of National Guard troops.

On Thursday, Trump paid a visit to some of the officers and soldiers who have been patrolling the nation's capital city to help keep residents and visitors safe from harm, according to ABC News.

The visit came as the Justice Department has shared the tangible results of the crackdown on crime, yet Democrats and the media have continued to criticize the move as politically motivated and unnecessary.

"I’m going to go out tonight"

The Daily Caller reported on Thursday that President Trump appeared to suggest in an interview with Newsmax host Todd Starnes that he would join police and troops in patrolling D.C.'s streets that evening.

"I’m going to be going out tonight. I’m going to keep it a secret," Trump joked. "I’m going to go -- you’re the only one that knows. You and your lots of listeners."

"I’m going to go out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military, of course," he added. "The National Guard is great, they’ve done a fantastic job."

Trump visits with officers, troops

According to ABC News, President Trump didn't actually participate in a patrol of D.C.'s streets -- the U.S. Secret Service almost certainly nixed that idea as too unsafe -- but he did pay a visit to officers and soldiers gathered at a U.S. Park Police Operations Facility that has been used as a staging area.

While there, he delivered hamburgers from the White House and pizzas from a local restaurant to the men and women in uniform, as well as gave them some words of encouragement and gratitude for the job they are doing.

"I just want to thank everybody very much for being here. I wanted to do this," Trump said. "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."

"You got to be strong, you got to be tough," he added in his brief remarks. "You got to do your job. Whatever it takes to do your job."

Crackdown achieves results

ABC News reported that, during his interview with Starnes, Trump lauded the fact that his ordered crackdown had "straightened out crime in four days in D.C.," and indicated that the surge of law enforcement and military resources was "sort of a test" of a model that could be similarly deployed to other high-crime cities across the nation.

"It's working unbelievably, much faster than we thought," he said. "We've arrested hundreds of criminals, hardline criminals, people that will never be any good."

Also on Thursday, U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced that there had been 53 arrests and 10 illegal firearms seized during Wednesday's operations, bringing the total to 630 arrests and 86 illegal firearms seized since the crackdown began.

"Under President Trump’s leadership, increased law enforcement is helping restore safety in DC. The goal is clear: a safer city for all," she said.