President Trump wrote on Sunday that homeless people should be taken out of Washington, DC, “immediately” and “distant” have been shifted, as it indicates more aggressive policing in the country’s capital – and suggests to put the city under federal control.
Trump administration Last week declared It promoted the presence of federal law enforcement in DC Alleged attack The efficiency of a former department of the government, or dog, employees. In a series of truth social positions over the weekend, the President suggested that he could take further action, Announcement of Monday morning Press conference He said that “our country’s capital will include ending crime, murder and death.”
Mr. Trump’s potential next steps are not clear.
Mr. Trump wrote on Sunday morning, “The homeless has to go out immediately. True social Post with the roadside photos and garbage photos.
“Koi” Mr. will not be a good man, “the President continued. “We want our capital back.”
Hours later, Mr. Trump wrote: “Before tents, squall, dirt and crime, it was the most beautiful capital in the world. It will soon be again.”
Last week, President also threatened to To keep Washington under federal control, “increase my powers”.
Mr. Trump has swimmed the idea of making DC federal in the past. His latest calls to handle the city were inspired by an alleged attack on Edward Koristine, a pre-dog employee during an weekend effort. Mr. Trump Posted about the event On Tuesday and a picture of Coristine appeared to share. Writing the crime in the capital “is out of control,” he suggested a federal acquisition of Washington if the city’s local government “does not get its work together, and quickly.”
chairman is unlikely The right to make the capital city completely federal – until the Congress canceled the 1973 law, which did not give the residents of the city the power to choose their own mayor and city council. He can temporarily handle the DC Metropolitan Police Department if he “determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist, requiring the use of a metropolitan police force for federal purposes,” but it is Unclear That legal terms are fulfilled.
Mr. Trump also said on Sunday that his press conference “will focus on cleanliness and general physical renewal and our once beautiful and well maintained capital situation,” Price Federal Reserve Office Renewal Project,
Violent crime is falling in DC
According to local police data, violent crime in DC has been decreasing in DC for one and a half years after spiking in 2023. So far this year, dacoits have fallen by 29% and overall violent crime is 26%, such as 6 AugustLast year, violent crime in the capital city hit its lowest level in more than 30 years, Justice Department Said.
Meanwhile, around 5,138 people are homeless in DC, 9% year-to-year below, according to a tally held earlier this year. Metropolitan washington council of governmentsIt exceeds 2022 and 2023 figures, which laid down the number of homeless people less than 5,000, but less than 6,000 homeless people reported in the 2010s.
Mr. Trump has Cities pressed Like DC to remove homeless people from the roads. He signed an executive order last month, stating the Department of Justice to reverse judicial examples and end the final consensus that limits the ability of the state and local governments to commit individuals on the streets that are risky for themselves or others. ” This directed federal agencies to prioritize grants to cities that “apply prohibition on open illegal drug use, urban camps and loitering.” The move criticized advocacy groups such as the National Homelessness Law Center.
DC Mayor Muril Boseer told MSNBC on Sunday that he is not sure what the President’s announcement would be on Monday, but he suspects that “he is increasing the federal law enforcement”.
Bausar spoke to the cable network before Mr. Trump’s most recent posts, including some of the mayor’s criticism. He wrote on Truth Social that Boussar is “a good person who has tried, but he has been given many opportunities, and the number of crime deteriorates, and the city becomes only dirt and less attractive.”
The Mayor defended the local authorities to deal with crime in the city, saying that the MSNBC police and its federal partners have been spent in reducing violent crime in the city in the last two years. ” He said that the city needs federal assistance, pointing to the fact that DC prosecutors work for the Department of Justice and local judges are nominated by the President.
“We are not experiencing spikes in crime,” said Boseer. “In fact, we are seeing that our crime number decreases.”
