President Donald Trump has given Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser an ultimatum: clean up the “unsightly homeless encampments” or his administration would step in and take over.
Trump issued the ultimatum in a post on Truth Social on the evening of March 5, telling her that she needs to especially focus on cleaning up the homeless camps around the White House and the State Department. He argued in the post that the nation’s capital needs to become a place that Americans can be proud of again.
“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. “If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her! Washington, D.C. must become CLEAN and SAFE!”
“We want to be proud of our Great Capital again,” the president added. “Thank you Mayor Bowser for your efforts on behalf of the Citizens of our Country. Hopefully you will be successful!”
Trump’s post comes after he recently told reporters that he is contemplating the possibility of his administration taking control over Washington, D.C., because of how terrible the city has been run under Democrat leadership — arguing that the action might be necessary to help crack down on rampant homelessness and skyrocketing crime.
“I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,” Trump said at the time. “I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless.”
“And I think we should take over Washington, D.C. We could save people from getting killed,” he added. “The federal government should take over the governance of D.C. and run it really, really properly.”
Meanwhile, as she continues to face criticism from Republicans in the White House, House, and Senate, Bowser recently surprisingly admitted that the homeless encampments are “not technically permitted in the District” and suggested that she may consider working with the White House to deal with the crime problem.
In February, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) worked together to introduce a bill in their respective chambers that would end “home rule,” which was established several decades ago to allow Washington, D.C., residents to control their own local affairs. Instead, Lee and Ogles want to return the district to being under the control of Congress, citing violent crime and the Democrats’ push to allow illegal aliens to vote in D.C.
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