US President Donald Trump promises a “safer and more beautiful” capital and announces the rapid move of thousands of Washington homeless people.
Donald Trump wants the homeless to be evacuated “immediately” from Washington Photo: AFP
Donald Trump said Washington's homeless homemore has to leave the city “immediate“, Stating that they will receive shelters outside the capital. The announcement has been made on its platform, Social Truth, and comes in the context in which the US president wants to change the image of the city.
“The homeless must leave immediately. We will give them places to sleep but far from the capital“, Trump wrote on his platform.
According to TF1 Info, the project will be detailed on Monday, in a press conference in which Trump promises to make Washington “the safest and most beautiful ” capital in history.
Possible increase in federal presence in the city
Washington's Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser told MSNBC, before the president's messages, that the Monday event could announce “UIn the influx of federal forces of order ” In the capital, reports News.ro.
At the end of March 2025, Trump signed a decree extending the control of the federal government over the municipality, especially in terms of combating illegal immigration.
Critics on the look of the city
In February 2025, the Republican president was publicly complaining about the state of the capital: “There are too many offenses, graffiti, too many tents (of the homeless) on the meadows, on these magnificent meadows.”.
The data of the Ministry of Housing shows that, in 2024, Washington had about 5,600 homeless. Trump has emphasized on several occasions that the image of the city is essential, especially since foreign dignitaries frequently come here.
A city with special status
Washington has a unique status in the US. Founded after the War of Independence to be the Federal Capital, the city does not belong to any state. The Constitution stipulates that it is administered by the Congress, however, following a law of 1973, the inhabitants can choose a municipal council, whose decisions are anyway subject to the approval of the Congress.
