--- title: President Trump's First Dinner Out in D.C. Was at His Hotel description: For his first dinner out in Washington D.C. since becoming president, Donald Trump dined at his own hotel canonical: https://time.com/4683059/donald-trump-washington-dc-hotel-dinner/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-26T14:46:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:31:33.390Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's First Dinner Out in D.C. Was at His Own Hotel og:description: He dined with his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner og:url: https://time.com/4683059/donald-trump-washington-dc-hotel-dinner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83cdb3b5fae43bea/6988bbf9ab6d77a7076acfd6/trump-hotel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Demonstrators Protest Outside The White House As Confusion Grips Airports Amid Courts Halt Of Trump Travel Ban og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's First Dinner Out in D.C. Was at His Own Hotel twitter:description: He dined with his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83cdb3b5fae43bea/6988bbf9ab6d77a7076acfd6/trump-hotel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's First Dinner Out in D.C. Was at His Own Hotel by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Feb 26, 2017 2:46 PM UTC  Demonstrators hold up a signs outside the Trump International Hotel during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2017. Demonstrators hold up a signs outside the Trump International Hotel during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2017.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Feb 26, 2017 2:46 PM UTC For his first dinner out in Washington D.C. since becoming president, Donald Trump dined at his own hotel. Around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Trump arrived at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, the [Hill reports](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321212-trumps-first-dinner-out-in-dc-his-own-hotel). The hotel is located just less than a mile from the White House. Trump dined with his eldest daughter, [Ivanka](http://motto.time.com/4680551/ivanka-trump-brings-arabella-to-supreme-court/), and his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, the Hill reports. Florida Gov. [Rick Scott](http://time.com/4254236/florida-governor-rick-scott-questions-islam-america-donald-trump/) and former U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage also joined Trump for the dinner. > [](https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/835677636697468929) The building that Trump’s D.C. hotel is in — the Old Post Office — was leased by Trump from the federal government. Dining at his own hotel is likely open Trump up to further accusations of [conflicts of interest](http://time.com/4638000/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interest-plan/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4683059/donald-trump-washington-dc-hotel-dinner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4683059/donald-trump-washington-dc-hotel-dinner/"},"headline":"President Trump's First Dinner Out in D.C. 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