Trump tells homeless people in D.C. to move out "IMMEDIATELY" amid capital crackdown

President Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric about crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C., Sunday, telling homeless individuals to immediately "move out" of the city.The big picture: The president's view that crime in the nation's capital is "totally out of control" has fueled his renewed threats for a federal takeover and orders to elevate federal law enforcement.Despite D.C. crime rates falling, arrests for nonviolent offenses are up under Trump's "D.C. Safe and Beautiful" executive order, which created a task force aimed at cracking down on city crime and facilitating a "more robust" federal law enforcement presence, Axios' Anna Spiegel reports.Driving the news: In a Sunday Truth Social post vowing to "make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before," the president said "we will give" homeless individuals "places to stay," but that those would be "FAR from the Capital."Trump added that "[c]riminals" would be jailed — where he said they "belong" — and that it all will happen "very fast.""There will be no 'MR. NICE GUY,'" Trump wrote in the post, which was accompanied by photos of roadside tents. "We want our Capital BACK."Catch up quick: Last month, the president signed an executive order seeking to make it easier for cities to remove people experiencing homelessness, directing placement in "long-term" institutions for treatment to "restore public order."Advocacy groups slammed the order, which encourages the use of involuntary civil commitment — a process of placing people with mental health issues in treatment facilities without their consent. What we're watching: Trump, who has long bemoaned what he called the "horribly run" capital, shared Sunday's post a day ahead of a planned news conference where he claimed he will "stop violent crime in Washington, D.C."Last week, after a former DOGE staffer was reportedly injured in an attempted carjacking, the president floated federalizing the city if "D.C. doesn't get its act together."He then directed a seven-day operation to increase federal law enforcement in the city, focused on high-traffic tourist areas and other hotspots, multiple outlets reported.State of play: A full D.C. takeover would require Congress to overturn the city's home rule, which allows residents to elect their mayor and council members. Under that arrangement, Congress retains oversight of city laws, and the president can temporarily take over D.C. police if he "determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist."Yes, but even without removing home rule, there are other ways Trump could squeeze the city, such as by deploying the D.C. National Guard, which is under his command, or temporarily taking command of the Metropolitan Police Department.The other side: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend" Sunday, emphasized the decline in violent crime in the city for the second straight year, saying, "We are not experiencing a crime spike.""Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false," she stated.Go deeper: Jeanine Pirro targets guns and immigration in D.C.

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