Trump warns DC mayor to clear out homeless encampment before he's 'forced' to do it

Trump has suggested in the past that the federal government take over governing D.C.

Published: March 6, 2025 11:45am

President Donald Trump is warning Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to clean up homeless encampments in the city or else his administration will be "forced" to do it. 

"We have notified the Mayor of Washington, D.C., that she must clean up all of the unsightly homeless encampments in the City, specifically including the ones outside of the State Department, and near the White House," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social Wednesday. "If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her!"

Trump said that the city had to become clean and safe and he hoped that Bowser would be successful in responding to his request.

"We want to be proud of our Great Capital again," his TRUTH post reads.

Trump has suggested in the past that the federal government take over governing D.C.

“I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,” Trump said to reporters last month, according to The Hill newspaper. “I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless.”

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