President Donald Trump wants homeless people to evacuate the nation’s capital.
“We’re having a News Conference tomorrow in the White House,” the president posted on Truth Social Sunday alongside pictures of homeless encampments. “I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY.”
The president suggested that those who left Washington, D.C. would be given “places to stay,” albeit “FAR from the Capital.”
On a given night, about 5,000 of D.C. residents are unhoused, according to the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness.
Trump said further that “The Criminals” would be “put in jail where you belong,” which he said would happen “very fast, just like the Border,” only “easier.”
“There will be