Donald Trump is once again radical in his requirements. The American president violently urged the homeless on Sunday from Washington, ensuring that the government would provide them with accommodation. The tenant of the White House must also give a press conference this Monday on his project to make the city “safer and more beautiful than it has ever been”.
“The homeless must leave, impetuatedly. We will give you places to sleep, but far from the capital, “he wrote on his social social platform, before addressing the” criminals “. “You don’t need to leave. We are going to put you in prison, where you should find yourself, “said the Republican.
Trump wants to hand over to Washington
According to the annual report of the Ministry of Housing, Washington ranked in 2024 in the 15th row of major American cities with the most homeless, with more than 5,600 people identified.
Since his return to the White House last January, Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to replace Washington under the control of the federal authorities. The city indeed has a special status in the United States. Established after the war of independence to serve as capital, it is not attached to any American state, and the Constitution provides that the Congress has jurisdiction over its cases. Since a law of 1973, the inhabitants can however elect a municipal council, even if its decisions are still controlled by the congress.
A historically democratic city
At the end of February, the American president assured that he was supporting a legislative project aimed at returning to this law, in particular to improve the fight against crime. “There are too many crimes, graffiti, too many tents (of homeless) on the lawns, these magnificent lawns,” he said, insisting on the importance of the appearance of the capital where high foreign dignitaries come regularly. And at the end of March, he signed a decree to increase the supervision of his government over the municipality, particularly in the fight against illegal immigration.
Our file on the United States
Washington is a historically democratic vote, and Donald Trump’s rival in the November election, Kamala Harris, had raised more than 90 % of the vote there. Washington mayor Muriel Bowser, on the other hand, adopted a conciliation strategy with Donald Trump. The Democratic councilor notably decided in March to erase a painted fresco in 2020 in the colors of the anti -racist movement “Black Lives Matter”, and which has been in the viewfinder of the Republicans since.
