President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Sunday that homeless people "have to move out, IMMEDIATELY" from Washington, D.C., adding that the federal government would place them "far from the Capital" while criminals would be jailed. He promised further details at a White House news conference scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday and asserted he would make the city "safer and more beautiful than it ever was before." A White House official told reporters that 450 federal law-enforcement officers were dispatched across the District over the weekend, and that the administration is weighing deployment of National Guard troops—an option the president can order unilaterally in the federal district. Trump last month signed an executive order intended to ease the clearance of homeless encampments and has threatened to "take federal control" of the city if local conditions do not improve. The legal basis for evicting homeless residents remains unclear. The president directly controls only federal land and buildings in Washington; a broader takeover of city functions would likely require Congress to amend the 1973 Home Rule Act. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, rejected Trump’s portrayal of a crime wave, noting that violent crime fell 26 percent in the first seven months of 2025 and overall crime is down 7 percent from a year earlier. Homeless-advocacy groups warned that large-scale displacement could be unlawful and ineffective. The Community Partnership, which tracks homelessness in the capital, estimates 3,782 single adults are homeless on any given night, with roughly 800 living unsheltered. Critics said the administration has not explained where those people would be moved or how the plan would address the causes of homelessness.