President says he has plans to make capital ‘safer and more beautiful’ after social media attack on homeless people

Move comes amid suggestions from Donald Trump that his administration could fully take over running the city

President Donald Trump's remarks come as he has increased his rhetoric about countering crime in the District in recent days.

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday to evict homeless people from the nation’s capital and jail criminals, despite Washington’s mayor arguing there is no current…

President demands unhoused residents leave US capital or face eviction and vowed to use officers to make arrests

The White House declined to explain what legal authority Trump would use to evict people from the nation’s capital.

Trump says homeless people must go "far" from the nation's capital, as part of his anti-crime plan, but the mayor pushes back.

Trump plans to evict homeless, jail criminals in D.C., despite mayor denying crime spike; 450 federal officers deployed.

The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.

President says he has plans to make capital ‘safer and more beautiful’ after social media attack on homeless people

US president also orders homeless people to leave capital in crime purge

Trump in a social media post on Sunday declared that "the Homeless" in Washington, D.C., will "have to move out."

President claims US capital ‘overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals … and homeless people’

The president has vowed to use \

Trump’s depiction of ‘lawless’ city at odds with crime statistics while local officials say move illegal – key US politics stories from Monday 11 August