The American president must give a press conference on Monday on his project to make the city “safer and more beautiful than it has never been”.
“The homeless must leave, impetuatedly. We will give you places to sleep, but far from the capital,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform, before addressing “criminals”.
“You don’t need to leave. We’re going to put you in prison, where you should find yourself,” said the Republican.
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, Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to place Washington under the control of the federal authorities.
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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.
At the end of February, the Republican billionaire assured that he was supporting a legislative project aimed at returning to this law, in particular to improve the fight against crime.
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.
