(CNN) - President Donald Trump frames homeless people with mental illness as a public safety threat, and he believes forcing them into long-term institutions will restore public order.

Trump has said he would support the government reopening “insane asylums” for people with serious mental illness.

His executive order in July encourages states to force people considered a danger to themselves or others into inpatient psychiatric care.

Trump also wants states to expand assisted outpatient treatment to offer medication and intensive services for people outside a hospital setting.

However, psychiatric hospital beds, treatment slots and mental health care workers have been in short supply for years, and the president’s cuts this year to Medicaid, housing assistance and mental health program

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