US President Donald Trump has said homeless people in Washington DC must "move out" as he vowed to tackle crime in the city, while the mayor pushed back against the White House's likening of the capital to Baghdad.
"We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital," he posted on Sunday. The Republican president also trailed a news conference for Monday about his plan to make the city "safer and more beautiful than it ever was before".
Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said: "We are not experiencing a crime spike."
Trump signed an order last month making it easier to arrest homeless people, and he has recently ordered federal law enforcement into the streets of Washington DC.
"The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY," Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social on Sunday.
