U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, arsenic helium makes an announcement connected the economy, successful the Oval Office astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., August 7, 2025.
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President Donald Trump connected Sunday again signaled that helium is ramping up plans to people transgression successful Washington, D.C., adjacent arsenic information shows that transgression rates successful the nation's superior are falling.
He besides issued a informing to the city's stateless population. "The Homeless person to determination out, IMMEDIATELY. We volition springiness you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital," helium wrote connected Truth Social.
Trump's remarks travel arsenic helium has accrued his rhetoric astir countering transgression successful the District successful caller days, aft a erstwhile subordinate of the Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted successful an attempted carjacking.
"It's each going to hap precise fast, conscionable similar the Border," Trump wrote connected Truth Social.
"We went from millions pouring in, to ZERO successful the past fewer months. This volition beryllium easier — Be prepared!"
"There volition beryllium nary "MR. NICE GUY." We privation our Capital BACK," helium said.
Trump past period signed an executive order making it easier for cities to region stateless people, drafting beardown pushback from advocates for stateless people. His societal media station is the latest motion that helium seeks to travel done connected this effort, peculiarly successful the nation's capital.
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Trump's comments astir D.C. are astatine likelihood with information from the Justice Department that shows that convulsive transgression successful the metropolis successful 2024 was astatine a 30-year low, and homicides, robberies and equipped carjackings person each declined.
Trump besides reiterated successful his societal media station that helium plans to clasp a property availability astatine the White House connected Monday astir transgression successful D.C.
The White House past week besides announced a seven-day effort to antagonistic transgression successful the city, including an accrued beingness of national instrumentality enforcement crossed the District.
The District has been a predominant people of Trump's, including during his archetypal term, but helium his connection has go much forceful successful caller days, drafting pushback from Democratic enactment successful the city.
"Any examination to a warfare torn state is hyperbolic and false," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said connected MSNBC's "The Weekend."
"I besides conscionable truly privation to accidental we ever privation to get better, and determination are ways much than immoderate different metropolis successful America that the national authorities tin assistance the District of Columbia," she continued.
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