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BumRushDaShow

(159,112 posts)
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:01 PM Aug 10

Trump demands homeless 'immediately' move out of Washington DC to make nation's capital 'more beautiful'

Source: The Independent

Sunday 10 August 2025 19:48 BST


President Donald Trump has demanded that the homeless “immediately” move out of Washington, D.C. to make the nation’s capital “more beautiful.” Trump reiterated his Saturday announcement that he’s set to hold a press conference at the White House on Monday, adding on Truth Social on Sunday that “I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before.”

“The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY,” he continued. “We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital. The Criminals, you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong.”

The president went on to say that “It’s all going to happen very fast, just like the Border. We went from millions pouring in, to ZERO in the last few months. This will be easier — Be prepared! There will be no ‘MR. NICE GUY.’ We want our Capital BACK.”

Trump’s promise to jail criminals in Washington comes as the city’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, has noted that there’s no recent increase in crime. Trump didn’t outline what legal authority he would use to evict people from the capital — the president only controls federal lands and buildings in the District of Columbia.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-homeless-washington-dc-b2805127.html



He's spiraling deeper and deeper into insanity. WAY past 25th Amendment time.

RELATED (WaPo) - FBI dispatches agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime

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Trump demands homeless 'immediately' move out of Washington DC to make nation's capital 'more beautiful' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 10 OP
A President for all the People BOSSHOG Aug 10 #1
Maybe some rogue ICE troopers will round them up and fly them down to Mar-a-Lago hlthe2b Aug 10 #7
Nah... they'll fly them to Alligator Auschwitz. Justice matters. Aug 10 #12
No, I said ROGUE offficers. Clearly Trump's storm troopers would never do something rational and lacking in hlthe2b Aug 10 #16
Ah man, I thought they were all ROGUE officers. nt CozyMystery Aug 11 #73
"fly them* down to Mar-a-Lago" speak easy Aug 10 #30
Nice thought, but not enough room to do it jmowreader Aug 10 #31
I like that idea! BOSSHOG Aug 10 #34
When they refuse to leave, they can say they fought for it so it is a land swap. karynnj Aug 11 #108
LOL! Yeah, because that's totally how this shit works. Karasu Aug 10 #2
I think I know what's possibly going on here customerserviceguy Aug 10 #3
The reason why there is homeless people in California like there is in pretty much all 50 states AZProgressive Aug 11 #70
Housing, food, and healthcare. CozyMystery Aug 11 #75
Then, let's put a stop to it. OldBaldy1701E Aug 11 #82
Airbnb and other short term rentals do not help. LisaM Aug 11 #91
Is he gonna pave the streets in gold? Deuxcents Aug 10 #4
Wow... ultralite001 Aug 10 #13
Yep..The Millionaire show..I was 8 years old..funny how ya don't forget some things Deuxcents Aug 10 #21
I loved that show back then, even though I'm sure I didn't really understand it at the time. ShazzieB Aug 10 #55
I grew up in Illinois. ChazInAz Aug 11 #101
I live in Illinois, and I've been to Allerton Park! 😄 ShazzieB Aug 11 #103
That guy is John Archer,actress Anne Archer's father. Bengus81 Aug 11 #84
No Governor to stand in his way, so this begins in DC. nature-lover Aug 10 #5
Eventually he'll just order the ones that won't leave imprisoned or executed Eliot Rosewater Aug 10 #9
The criminals are him & the repugs Nigrum Cattus Aug 10 #6
Readability Analyzer, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 4.02 tanyev Aug 10 #8
trump, calling for a "more beautiful" D.C.---after what he's done to the White House. Paladin Aug 10 #10
This fucking guy Blues Heron Aug 10 #11
"We'll give you places to stay" Diamond_Dog Aug 10 #14
I'm reminded of the movie "Soylent Green ". Dr. T Aug 10 #40
We're almost there. thought crime Aug 10 #59
He's too ignorant to have ever heard of "Poor Houses" thought crime Aug 10 #60
Never heard of Ebenezer Scrooge. I hope he gets some visits next Xmas Eve... CTyankee Aug 11 #105
Almost exactly what I thought (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Aug 11 #109
They start with the powerless immigrant, then they move on to the powerless poverty-stricken citizens, Midnight Writer Aug 10 #15
there's another powerless group that fits in there, real soon, I'm afraid... slightlv Aug 10 #62
Dirty rotten bastards stage left Aug 11 #72
I think about that too CozyMystery Aug 11 #77
You're spot on, Cozy... slightlv Aug 11 #92
So he's blaming the homeless for the attack on the Doge monster? ananda Aug 10 #17
The Liar-in-Chief should leave. Laffy Kat Aug 10 #18
The convicted felon should self deport. tetedur Aug 10 #52
That would be a *huge* improvement. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 11 #106
"I will gladly give you a place to stay Tuesday... Ritabert Aug 10 #19
We could steal one from the R playbook taxi Aug 10 #20
Trump is the UGLIEST THING in America Martin Eden Aug 10 #22
He needs to look in the mirror, probably has more convictions than the majority of "criminals" in D.C.... joanbarnes Aug 10 #23
I smell nazis and they smell like....... twodogsbarking Aug 10 #24
FDR 'moved' the homeless out of DC pfitz59 Aug 10 #25
A story I heard about camouflaging the homeless for the '88 Olympics in LA The Blue Flower Aug 10 #26
Boring guy who is so fucking bored BeyondGeography Aug 10 #27
Could I possibly hate this bastard more? stage left Aug 10 #28
Probably tomorrow you will. My own hate is a work in progress that he builds on every day, Jack Valentino Aug 10 #57
Yeah stage left Aug 11 #71
Rev. Barber of NC brakester Aug 11 #110
so. if u ask the homeless to leave . my questio is where are they going to go, who are u going to shove them on to AllaN01Bear Aug 10 #29
"The criminals, we're going to put you in jail where you belong." Gary 50 Aug 10 #32
Someone could buy them a one way ticket to Mar-a-lardo progressoid Aug 10 #33
Hey trumpo.You want to make it a better place then you move. Safer too. twodogsbarking Aug 10 #35
He wants to create a walled city to prevent protests and more importantly so nobody can remove him jgmiller Aug 10 #36
....If Trump wanted to take control of D.C., Congress would likely have to pass legislation revoking the law that put in riversedge Aug 10 #37
They won't lift a finger to stop him jgmiller Aug 10 #38
"We want our capital BACK." Just Jerome Aug 10 #39
I want the Rose Garden back. calimary Aug 10 #43
Their gleeful Just Jerome Aug 10 #44
The plants were producing too much oxygen. That's against the new EPA standards. mdbl Aug 10 #47
The homeless will now be declared Figarosmom Aug 10 #41
That's actually where I fear this is going Scully Aug 11 #88
Yeah thats likely...nt Figarosmom Aug 11 #100
Reset to the English Poor Laws thought crime Aug 11 #98
Pervert Hoover is a fucking shitbird. MAGA is all cowards. SoFlaBro Aug 10 #42
That's the first time I've seen "Pervert Hoover" Orrex Aug 10 #46
Send them to Mierde A Lardo Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 10 #45
I demand that Trump move out of Washington DC... CaptainTruth Aug 10 #48
i hope the homeless occupy dc moonshinegnomie Aug 10 #49
And go where? IronLionZion Aug 10 #50
Someone should get a bus and send those homeless people to camp outside of the orange pedo convicted felon kimbutgar Aug 10 #51
I Demand that TRUMP 'immediately' move out of Washington DC to make nation's capital 'more beautiful' ! Jack Valentino Aug 10 #53
Notice he said "There will be no 'MR. NICE GUY.'" and not "no MORE Mr. Nice Guy" Jack Valentino Aug 10 #54
Looks like the homeless are next on... LudwigPastorius Aug 10 #56
The Niemller checklist brakester Aug 11 #112
Reeks of the Nazi whitewashing of the Theresienstadt ghetto... 3catwoman3 Aug 10 #58
The Theresienstadt "camp-ghetto" brakester Aug 11 #114
Reuters is reporting Trump has ordered NG troops to DC AverageOldGuy Aug 10 #61
this! ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ progree Aug 11 #78
two words for this new insane pronouncement... keroro gunsou Aug 10 #63
He's treating the capitol as his private estate sakabatou Aug 10 #64
Ahhh.....so this is why he's sending the National Guard into DC Bayard Aug 10 #65
DonOLD Rump needs to leave Washington DC to make it more beautiful !!!!!! Trueblue1968 Aug 10 #66
Here's a suggestion MadMike47 Aug 11 #67
Likely why Trump is pushing towards a National Gestapo deployment. Lancero Aug 11 #68
He doesn't understand they can't just move into their second homes, LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 11 #69
Republicons are dead set against the teachings of Christ BoRaGard Aug 11 #74
First they came for the immigrants, C_U_L8R Aug 11 #76
"He's spiraling deeper and deeper into insanity. WAY past 25th Amendment time." rampartd Aug 11 #79
Don't let this latest announcement distract kkmarie Aug 11 #80
Fix the roads and bridges instead. Oopsie Daisy Aug 11 #81
"helicopters all night" AverageOldGuy Aug 11 #83
Psyops thought crime Aug 11 #99
Wonder how many homeless can hear his orders on tv. n/t dixiegrrrrl Aug 11 #85
Why doesn't he just fucking die already? Orrex Aug 11 #86
I heard there is free camping at Trump potomac golf course. Historic NY Aug 11 #87
He should concentrate on cities OhioTim Aug 11 #89
Remove the squatter from the White House. The Wizard Aug 11 #90
Better Idea: Remove all the Repukes from D.C. tonekat Aug 11 #93
He acts like D.C. is Trump Tower and he is the racist landlord who can ban people he doesn't like. Attilatheblond Aug 11 #94
So don't be down on your luck in a country that SupportSanity Aug 11 #95
DC doesn't even have 1000 unsheltered homeless. maxsolomon Aug 11 #96
What would Make DC more Beautiful is You, DJT, being Tossed outta the WH & Presidency for good!!! electric_blue68 Aug 11 #97
And whose fault is that, Trump?! REPUBLICANS'!!!!!! FUCK YOU! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 11 #102
He's trying to get his kids to move out, isn't he? tclambert Aug 11 #104
How nice that he prettied up the Whitish House all with gold Wicked Blue Aug 11 #107
Goddammit, why doesn't somebody give this psychopath "a present"? Oeditpus Rex Aug 11 #111
In short that means they will going to a doc03 Aug 11 #113

BOSSHOG

(43,627 posts)
1. A President for all the People
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:05 PM
Aug 10

Yo Donny, maybe you could send them to epsteins island to colonize it?

hlthe2b

(111,161 posts)
7. Maybe some rogue ICE troopers will round them up and fly them down to Mar-a-Lago
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:12 PM
Aug 10
And when they refuse to leave, let the local Palm Beach Town Council recoup their "Preservation easement tax deduction by building the homeless a mobile home park just outside the ML gates.

Justice matters.

(8,813 posts)
12. Nah... they'll fly them to Alligator Auschwitz.
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:31 PM
Aug 10

Mark my word.

King pedofelon 1 wants to arrest Judge Chutkan to prevent her from presiding over the case about shining a light on the Epstein files. That's his only chance to keep the cover up going (+ the extremely corrupt 6-pack).

hlthe2b

(111,161 posts)
16. No, I said ROGUE offficers. Clearly Trump's storm troopers would never do something rational and lacking in
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:40 PM
Aug 10

sadistic motivations.

customerserviceguy

(25,393 posts)
3. I think I know what's possibly going on here
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:07 PM
Aug 10

Back when the Chinese leader Xi came to San Francisco, a mighty effort was made to clean up the homeless from the streets. Some of my Faux-Snooze watching acquaintances commented, "If they can clean up San Francisco for a commie leader, why can't they keep it cleaned up all the time?"

No doubt, Trump has seen this "reasoning". There's one city that he has the power to possibly control, and he's going to use D. C. as an example of sorts.

AZProgressive

(29,724 posts)
70. The reason why there is homeless people in California like there is in pretty much all 50 states
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:51 AM
Aug 11

is the cost of housing. I think there are much better ways to address the issue than "clean up" a city which is really pushing the homeless population from one city to the other which the other city will try to push them back to the city they came from.

Luckily I was able to get a service connected disability with the VA but before that I was able to get subsidized housing which I no longer need. I could be dealing with these dark times as well as being homeless with now politicians from both parties will target for political reasons. It wasn't this bad under Obama as far as how politicians treated the homeless.

CozyMystery

(672 posts)
75. Housing, food, and healthcare.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:49 AM
Aug 11

There isn't enough of that available to go around, first to the homeless, then to the poor, and on up the ladder.

Those 2 groups, along with many others, also don't live with a sense of safety and security, which we all need as well.

Cleaning up a city fixes nothing, and probably will make it worse for the homeless.

I am really getting sick and tired of seeing the wealthy and the powerful take really great care of themselves and treat the rest of us like we are fungible and worthless garbage.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,865 posts)
82. Then, let's put a stop to it.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:28 AM
Aug 11

However, this will not happen without sacrifice and an understanding that stopping it will also affect some of our people as well.

Which is why it won't be stopped.

Ever.

The programming worked.

LisaM

(29,332 posts)
91. Airbnb and other short term rentals do not help.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:33 AM
Aug 11

I beg my friends not to stay in them, to no avail. They take away housing stock, drive up rents, and are generally owned by absentee owners. Please boycott this type of vacation housing.

Deuxcents

(23,761 posts)
4. Is he gonna pave the streets in gold?
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:10 PM
Aug 10

My great grandmother came here on the boat from Austria and I remember as a young child, she loved watching that tv show The Millionaire because if it was on tv, it was for real..people giving away lots of money..streets paved in gold. My mom used to tell her it just a tv show but nope, she believed it. She died one week before her 100th birthday and that’s one of the memories I have of her 🌺

ultralite001

(2,022 posts)
13. Wow...
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:34 PM
Aug 10

With all the billionaires + millionaires in this country... what a difference they could make if they started giving
away the $$$... It's $$$ seldom hard earned... Building goodwill w/ the downtrodden might go further thany any
contribution they make to a political campaign... (or would it???)


ShazzieB

(21,471 posts)
55. I loved that show back then, even though I'm sure I didn't really understand it at the time.
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:18 PM
Aug 10

I knew it wasn't real, though, just like I knew Disney movies and fairy tales weren't real. I was born born in 1950, and the show ran from 1955 to 1960, so I was very young when it was on. But I think those of us who grew up with TV from an early age quickly caught on to the fact that some shows were about real things and others, like that one, were made up stories.

The Millionaire seemed a lot like a fairy tale to me. For someone to be handed a million dollars, which seemed like an unfathomably huge amount of money at the time, seemed almost as magical as Cinderalla's fairy godmother turning a pumpkin into a coach.

ChazInAz

(2,951 posts)
101. I grew up in Illinois.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:00 PM
Aug 11

The exterior scenes of the millionaire's Manor were filmed at Allerton Park, near Monticello: a vast, outdoor sculpture garden, now. It's a stunning example of a late Gilded Age timber baron's estate. Fortunately for us, Allerton had good taste!
The place is worth a day's visit.

ShazzieB

(21,471 posts)
103. I live in Illinois, and I've been to Allerton Park! 😄
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:45 PM
Aug 11

It was a very long time ago, so I don't remember much about it, except that the grounds were beautiful, and we had a wonderful time. I had no idea they used shots of the mansion in that TV show, but I agree that it was perfect for that!

Eliot Rosewater

(33,765 posts)
9. Eventually he'll just order the ones that won't leave imprisoned or executed
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:18 PM
Aug 10

And this country and our media and maybe even our political parties will still just kind of sit around and go well what can we do. 😡

Nigrum Cattus

(949 posts)
6. The criminals are him & the repugs
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:10 PM
Aug 10

He is jealous of nuttiyahoo and his ethnic cleansing.
The only "place" he will get for them is gone.

tanyev

(47,649 posts)
8. Readability Analyzer, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 4.02
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:17 PM
Aug 10

Fourth grade bully uses both thumbs to type out the next awful idea that popped into his head and expects everyone to treat it like a royal pronouncement.

Paladin

(31,492 posts)
10. trump, calling for a "more beautiful" D.C.---after what he's done to the White House.
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:20 PM
Aug 10

I had to double-check this, to see if it wasn't some sort of "Onion" parody. Things are going downhill faster than I ever believed they would. Make no mistake---we're in concentration camp territory, at this point. What are we going to do about it?

Dr. T

(362 posts)
40. I'm reminded of the movie "Soylent Green ".
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 06:56 PM
Aug 10

It's a movie that depicts a bleak future where the surplus population is literally scooped up, taken to a processing plant, and turned into food bars.

Midnight Writer

(24,597 posts)
15. They start with the powerless immigrant, then they move on to the powerless poverty-stricken citizens,
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:38 PM
Aug 10

then they move on to the middle-class citizens, the non-Christian, the politically liberal, the independent thinkers.

They are building a massive machine of brownshirt-type enforcers of the tyrant's regime.

That machine is growing exponentially, and when it can't find enough non-citizens, poor and disadvantaged people to feed on, it will start eating its way upward through our society.

Welcome to Your New Life In the Food Chain.

slightlv

(6,483 posts)
62. there's another powerless group that fits in there, real soon, I'm afraid...
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:34 PM
Aug 10

and that's all of us senior who live on Social Security, mainly as our only income. I live month-to-month with my heart in my throat, wondering if THIS is the month the check won't come. He and so many (if not all) in his administration want us out of the way... preferably dead. They want all that sweet, sweet money we paid into our retirement insurance our entire lives. Boomers are the first generation to have 100% of their earnings taxed for SS their entire working lives. My mother came close to it, but she was born about 20 years before me... I've been paying in since I was 15. And only once in my entire life did I claim unemployment insurance. They want the rest of that money, the contract made with us be damned. And isn't that something?! They scream bloody murder if a contract with them is broken, but break a contract with US? Ah, it's such a little thing... grrrr...

There are just too many people in America who have been made powerless, on purpose and strategically, since Nixon became prez. They were working on the concepts and markers since before then, but it was after PNAC was published that they really started to implement their plans.

CozyMystery

(672 posts)
77. I think about that too
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:19 AM
Aug 11

Let's see. First decrease our Social Security checks so we can't live on them. It's not like anyone who depends on social security is getting rich, after all.

Second, let's fiddle with Medicare so our benefits decrease and our costs for it go up. The cost of healthcare is outrageous in this country.

Now we have seniors who can't make ends meet and who can't afford increased healthcare costs. If we get sick, maybe the government will get lucky and we will die. Medicaid reductions will also lead to poor people getting sick; maybe they will die too. They are among the groups of "useless" people, according to Uncle Sam. These four groups are the immigrants, the homeless, the poor, and the Seniors.

But wait! There is a fifth group, and is women. What's that I read about some fool in the government advocating for taking away women's right to vote? Do I think that is a bunch of hooey? Not after Roe v. Wade was struck down. I don't put anything past these creatures. The Supreme Court is no better than the rest of them.

The way the ICE "agents" act, they are in training to come after various targeted groups. Those ICE agents are terrorists. When they get rid of the immigrants in their holding cages, there will be room for next group to be stashed.

We, as citizens, must assume the worst and prepare for it in an organized manner. We must defend ourselves. Ain't nobody else gonna do it.

I am appalled at the way immigrants are getting treated. Some US citizens and permanent residents are getting snatched away even though that is illegal. And people who are awaiting a decision on whether they can stay here are being deported, and often to countries which are not their own. Families must be frantic and feeling terrorized. Some people have died. ICE just keeps on coming.

My mother was a naturalized citizen and my aunt was a permanent resident. I'm glad they are both dead, which I wasn't until now.

I may seem somewhat hysterical, but I am not. I am calm, and just thinking about preparing for the worst. It's kinda hard to hope for the best at this point.

Edited to add: I meant to say there are other disadvantaged groups: disabled people and, from what I can tell, anyone who does not fit the Rethug mold, including race and religious beliefs. That Monster is going to attack voting rights and change the way the Census is taken. They want to make women powerless.

I don't know. Maybe I am full of it.

slightlv

(6,483 posts)
92. You're spot on, Cozy...
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:40 AM
Aug 11

and we could probably set out a bullet list he's got squirreled away somewhere. Already today, we see him kicking out the homeless in DC, taking over DC (ala LA), and his scotus is going to backtrack on marriage equality, no doubt. We're seeing a rise in the language and rules of xtian extremists hit the media and be normalized. That's another checkbox for me... my religion certainly won't be entertained here any longer.

Are we really going to have to get organized and do our OWN January 6th in order to get the PTB to move on this damned fool?! I used to be one hell of a sharpshooter. Nowadays? With my eyesight I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. But I can swing a mean cane.

Laffy Kat

(16,762 posts)
18. The Liar-in-Chief should leave.
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 04:57 PM
Aug 10

That would improve the appearance immediately. And the city would smell better, too.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,430 posts)
106. That would be a *huge* improvement.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 02:53 PM
Aug 11

I know Vance is just as bad, or worse, but I am so sick of seeing & hearing Pissolini in the media I could scream, and frequently do. The way he presents his moronic self as if he's a stunningly brilliant royal deserving of intense admiration & awe...and so often receiving it? It's ludicrous & repulsive!

And his uglification of the White House with all his tacky gold ornamentation is revolting. He's trying to trun it into his own personal petty palace.

taxi

(2,463 posts)
20. We could steal one from the R playbook
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:04 PM
Aug 10

Is this a good time to mobilize our GOTV teams and start registering the homeless as Republicans?
On second thought, we would not have to do that. Our spin can be that of all the homeless expelled from our nations capitol none were democrats. It is almost a certainty that maga merchandise would be found among the homeless, and an absence of the opposite. The deepening rift in the republican party would be in full display, separating the haves from the have nots within the party.

Martin Eden

(14,816 posts)
22. Trump is the UGLIEST THING in America
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:18 PM
Aug 10

Any attempt to make any part of America more beautiful must begin with removing that VILE HIDEOUS CREATURE.

joanbarnes

(2,025 posts)
23. He needs to look in the mirror, probably has more convictions than the majority of "criminals" in D.C....
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:18 PM
Aug 10

except for the Repuklican politicians.

The Blue Flower

(6,131 posts)
26. A story I heard about camouflaging the homeless for the '88 Olympics in LA
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:33 PM
Aug 10

They gave the unhoused men who hung around City Hall new suits of clothes and briefcases. When some of the international teams saw them sitting on the grass around downtown, they thought it was wonderful that the businessmen in LA had time to relax in the fresh air.

stage left

(3,121 posts)
28. Could I possibly hate this bastard more?
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:39 PM
Aug 10

Maybe I should wait and see what he does tomorrow to find out. What do y'all think?

Jack Valentino

(3,131 posts)
57. Probably tomorrow you will. My own hate is a work in progress that he builds on every day,
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:23 PM
Aug 10

and Mexico is paying for it....

stage left

(3,121 posts)
71. Yeah
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 02:23 AM
Aug 11

You're probably right. Unless I don't listen to any news or he grabs a dirt nap before I get up.

brakester

(433 posts)
110. Rev. Barber of NC
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:34 PM
Aug 11

is a tireless advocate for the downtrodden. He spoke in Asheville, NC last evening along with another hero of many, Bernie Sanders. Both were inspirational and the large crowd reacted with much enthusiasm.

Rev. Barber tells us that hate is counter-productive and we should love everyone, especially our enemies.

Love them so totally we vote them out of office!

AllaN01Bear

(27,255 posts)
29. so. if u ask the homeless to leave . my questio is where are they going to go, who are u going to shove them on to
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:45 PM
Aug 10

next. keep moving. where to. nobody else wants us . just shove us under the rug

Gary 50

(465 posts)
32. "The criminals, we're going to put you in jail where you belong."
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:51 PM
Aug 10

So Trump, the pedophile, rapist, treasonous, convicted felon says criminals belong in jail. I suspect if Trump read what I just wrote he would like to have me taken by Ice agents. I wonder if it could get to the point where people will worry about criticizing our "dear leader." He has said he admires how his people "respect" Kim Jong Un. He wants that kind of respect (fear). He's a sick unit.

jgmiller

(626 posts)
36. He wants to create a walled city to prevent protests and more importantly so nobody can remove him
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 06:14 PM
Aug 10

riversedge

(77,450 posts)
37. ....If Trump wanted to take control of D.C., Congress would likely have to pass legislation revoking the law that put in
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 06:39 PM
Aug 10



........Congress controls Washington’s budget following its establishment in 1790, using land from Maryland and Virginia. However, D.C. residents choose their own mayor and city council.

If Trump wanted to take control of D.C., Congress would likely have to pass legislation revoking the law that put in place the local elected leaders, which the president then would have to sign for it to take effect.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-homeless-washington-dc-b2805127.html

Just Jerome

(319 posts)
39. "We want our capital BACK."
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 06:51 PM
Aug 10

You double diddley damned righteously right on right, we do!

Out of the mouths of morons.....

calimary

(87,599 posts)
43. I want the Rose Garden back.
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:18 PM
Aug 10

Restored. With trees added. NOT that icky, barren, white flooring where there once were shrubs, roses, grass, the occasional footpath, and trees. And I can still remember when we all referred to it as Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden.

I saw what that trump bastard did to it, and I just wanted to cry!

Figarosmom

(8,088 posts)
41. The homeless will now be declared
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:02 PM
Aug 10

Criminals and sent to concentration camps with the immigrants.

Looks like ICE has a new assignment.

Scully

(90 posts)
88. That's actually where I fear this is going
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:51 AM
Aug 11

Dumbass in Chief orders the homeless to leave, and when they don't they are disobeying, therefore making them "criminals" in his addled mind. Not a far stretch to then have them rounded up for Alligator Alcatraz- the only difference being that I think it is optimistic to believe that they plan to pay for immigrants and the homeless to remain locked up. My pessimistic brain takes me down the path where I think it is far more likely that they will bring back forced labor/ slavery for crimes to "pay" for their meals and jail cells.

CaptainTruth

(7,863 posts)
48. I demand that Trump move out of Washington DC...
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 09:23 PM
Aug 10

...to make the nation's capital more beautiful.

Hell, I demand Trump immediately move out of the US of A to make the whole damn country more beautiful & a lot less stupid.

moonshinegnomie

(3,578 posts)
49. i hope the homeless occupy dc
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 09:32 PM
Aug 10

storm the capitol mall,the capital and teh white house grounds.

make his stormtroopers remove them by force in front of the tv cameras.

something similar to the bonus army of the 30's which contributed to hoovers loss in 1932.

IronLionZion

(49,761 posts)
50. And go where?
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 09:39 PM
Aug 10

is he going to build housing for them? No?

Do MAGAts understand the difference between criminals and homeless? There's not much of a Venn diagram there. The homeless are not doing carjackings, armed robberies, or other gun crimes.

This may sound strange, but I kind of enjoyed the idea of MAGAts being too scared to come here.

kimbutgar

(25,905 posts)
51. Someone should get a bus and send those homeless people to camp outside of the orange pedo convicted felon
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 09:50 PM
Aug 10

Building in NY!

Jack Valentino

(3,131 posts)
53. I Demand that TRUMP 'immediately' move out of Washington DC to make nation's capital 'more beautiful' !
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:14 PM
Aug 10

I have just as much authority over Trump as he has over Washington D.C.'s homeless...
(none, to be precise)

Jack Valentino

(3,131 posts)
54. Notice he said "There will be no 'MR. NICE GUY.'" and not "no MORE Mr. Nice Guy"
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:16 PM
Aug 10

Glad he realizes he was never 'nice'.

brakester

(433 posts)
112. The Niemller checklist
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:49 PM
Aug 11

AI Overview

"The Niemöller checklist, often quoted as "First they came for...", is a quote by Martin Niemöller, a German theologian and Lutheran pastor who initially supported the Nazis but later became an outspoken critic. The quote reflects his regret for not speaking out against the persecution of various groups by the Nazis.
The most common version of the quote is:
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Niemöller's quote highlights the dangers of remaining silent when others are being persecuted, emphasizing that the persecution of one group can lead to the persecution of others and eventually affect everyone. He used various versions of the quote, often changing the groups targeted depending on the context of his speeches. Some versions include communists, socialists, trade unionists, Jews, people with disabilities, and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Niemöller's statement is a powerful reminder of the importance of speaking out against injustice and discrimination, even when it doesn't directly affect one's own group. It serves as a warning against indifference and apathy in the face of oppression."

3catwoman3

(27,557 posts)
58. Reeks of the Nazi whitewashing of the Theresienstadt ghetto...
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:25 PM
Aug 10

...prior to the Red Cross visit.

brakester

(433 posts)
114. The Theresienstadt "camp-ghetto"
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:10 PM
Aug 11

"The Theresienstadt "camp-ghetto" existed for three and a half years, between November 24, 1941 and May 9, 1945. During its existence, Theresienstadt served three purposes:

"Theresienstadt served as a transit camp for Czech Jews whom the Germans deported to killing centers, concentration camps, and forced-labor camps in German-occupied Poland, Belorussia, and the Baltic States.

"It was a ghetto-labor camp. The SS deported and then incarcerated there certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews, based on their age, disability as a result of past military service, or domestic celebrity in the arts and other cultural life. To disguise the physical annihilation of the Jews deported from the Greater German Reich, the Nazi regime employed the general fiction, primarily inside Germany, that the deported Jews would be deployed at productive labor in the East. Since it seemed implausible that elderly Jews could be used for forced labor, the Nazis used Theresienstadt to hide the nature of the deportations.
Theresienstadt served as a holding pen for Jews in the above-mentioned groups. It was expected that the poor conditions there would hasten the deaths of many deportees, until the SS and police could deport the survivors to killing centers in the East....

"Theresienstadt served as a “settlement,” an assembly camp, and a concentration camp. It had recognizable features of both ghettos and concentration camps. In its function as a tool of deception, Theresienstadt was unique.

"Nazi Deception
Theresienstadt served an important propaganda function for the Germans. The publicly stated purpose for the deportation of the Jews from Germany was their "resettlement to the east," where they would be compelled to perform forced labor. Since it seemed implausible that elderly Jews could be used for forced labor, the Nazis used the Theresienstadt ghetto to hide the nature of the deportations. In Nazi propaganda, Theresienstadt was cynically described as a "spa town" where elderly German Jews could "retire" in safety. The deportations to Theresienstadt were, however, part of the Nazi strategy of deception. The ghetto was in reality a collection center for deportations to ghettos and killing centers in Nazi-occupied eastern Europe.

"A scene staged by the Nazis for an International Red Cross inspection of the Theresienstadt ghetto.
Photo
Propaganda scene staged in the Theresienstadt ghetto(Photo)
A scene staged by the Nazis for an International Red Cross inspection of the Theresienstadt ghetto. Czechoslovakia, June 23, 1944.

"Credits:
Comite International de la Croix Rouge
Succumbing to pressure following the deportation of Danish Jews to Theresienstadt, the Germans permitted the International Red Cross to visit in June 1944. It was all an elaborate hoax. The Germans intensified deportations from the ghetto shortly before the visit, and the ghetto itself was "beautified." Gardens were planted, houses painted, and barracks renovated. The Nazis staged social and cultural events for the visiting dignitaries. Once the visit was over, the Germans resumed deportations from Theresienstadt, which did not end until October 1944."
--The Holocaust Encyclopedia

AverageOldGuy

(2,884 posts)
61. Reuters is reporting Trump has ordered NG troops to DC
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:30 PM
Aug 10

Is he sending them in to hassle homeless?

Pick on the poor and helpless. You know -- just like Jesus would do.

Bayard

(26,738 posts)
65. Ahhh.....so this is why he's sending the National Guard into DC
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 11:38 PM
Aug 10

To clear out the homeless. I'll be real interested to see where he warehouses them.

Lancero

(3,230 posts)
68. Likely why Trump is pushing towards a National Gestapo deployment.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 12:42 AM
Aug 11

They'll be the ones following orders and dragging them off to the camps.

69. He doesn't understand they can't just move into their second homes,
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:30 AM
Aug 11

like his donors and friends do. (TACO doesn't have any friends.)

C_U_L8R

(47,956 posts)
76. First they came for the immigrants,
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:11 AM
Aug 11

Then they came for the homeless...

How much longer until they get to you?

rampartd

(2,375 posts)
79. "He's spiraling deeper and deeper into insanity. WAY past 25th Amendment time."
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:08 AM
Aug 11

all the guys needed to implement the 25th are crazier than dear leader.

they seem to believe that "with the president's incredible leadership ..."

kkmarie

(314 posts)
80. Don't let this latest announcement distract
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:55 AM
Aug 11

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW

Facts are crime is down and so is homeless population in DC. Krasnov says that they will move the homeless but jail the criminals. We know how they separate immigrants from immigrant criminals.
Another awful fact is there are plenty of veterans that are homeless.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-orders-all-homeless-people-to-leave-washington-dc-how-many-people-is-that-see-what-numbers-say-101754877717019.html

AverageOldGuy

(2,884 posts)
83. "helicopters all night"
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:35 AM
Aug 11

My daughter lives on Capitol Hill behind Library of Congress.

She reports helicopter traffic all night and noticeable increase in black SUVs and sedans, all unmarked.

OhioTim

(358 posts)
89. He should concentrate on cities
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:55 AM
Aug 11

with the highest crime rates, St Louis and Memphis, both in RED states....He is, of course, an expert on crime.

Attilatheblond

(7,060 posts)
94. He acts like D.C. is Trump Tower and he is the racist landlord who can ban people he doesn't like.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:56 AM
Aug 11

Most un-American person ever to hold public office.

SupportSanity

(1,511 posts)
95. So don't be down on your luck in a country that
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 12:04 PM
Aug 11

is helping you be down on your luck.

And then punish you for being down on your luck.

The new anti America.

Land of the fill in the blank.

maxsolomon

(37,215 posts)
96. DC doesn't even have 1000 unsheltered homeless.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 12:27 PM
Aug 11
https://community-partnership.org/homelessness-in-dc/

Basically 800 on the streets. Whoop de doo.

King Co. WA (Seattle) had 9,800 on the streets in 2024. It isn't better this year.

https://kcrha.org/community-data/king-county-point-in-time-count/

How bout you give those 9,800 a home "far from the Capitol" too?

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,227 posts)
102. And whose fault is that, Trump?! REPUBLICANS'!!!!!! FUCK YOU!
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:03 PM
Aug 11

I worked in DC from the '70's through early '00's. Just a few blocks from the White House. When did I start really seeing homeless people on the streets? RONALD REAGAN'S disastrous presidency!

Wicked Blue

(8,202 posts)
107. How nice that he prettied up the Whitish House all with gold
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:18 PM
Aug 11

to get it ready for the homeless moving in.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,563 posts)
111. Goddammit, why doesn't somebody give this psychopath "a present"?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:42 PM
Aug 11

His lieutenants deserve "presents" as well.

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