Relocate homeless individuals from Washington should be the responsibility of the National Guard. - Military Forces to Displace Homeless Individuals from Washington D.C.
In a surprising turn of events, US President Donald Trump has publicly vowed to evict homeless people from Washington D.C., promising to move them "far from the Capital" and indicating the potential deployment of the National Guard to carry out this action quickly[1]. He also threatened to jail individuals he labeled as criminals within this context[1].
However, the city's mayor, Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, has been resistant to Trump's plans. The mayor has stated that there is a decrease in violent crime by 26% in the first seven months of 2025 compared to the previous year[2]. According to her, most of the homeless people in Washington D.C. are already in emergency shelters[3].
Contrary to Trump's plans, it appears that criminals will not be evicted from Washington. Instead, they will be incarcerated[4]. It's important to note that the White House has not commented on the legal basis on which Trump wants to expel people from Washington[5].
As of August 2025, approximately 3,782 people are homeless in Washington D.C. each night, with about 800 of them sleeping on the streets[6]. The government is preparing to deploy hundreds of members of the National Guard to evict homeless people from Washington[7].
It's worth mentioning that the National Guard in Washington is directly under the president, unlike in US states[8]. Trump had previously deployed the National Guard in Washington after his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021[9].
As of now, the final decision regarding the deployment of the National Guard has not yet been made[10]. The mayor's response to Trump's plan remains unreported or unavailable at this time.
[1] https://www.truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/2025/08/01/washington-crime-decrease-bowser/ [3] https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/most-homeless-people-in-washington-d-c-are-in-emergency-shelters/3119946/ [4] https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/politics/trump-homeless-eviction-criminals/index.html [5] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/03/white-house-declines-comment-on-legal-basis-for-trump-homeless-eviction-plan-00042124 [6] https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/homelessness/point-in-time-estimates/ [7] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/2025/08/05/trump-homeless-eviction-national-guard/ [8] https://www.army.mil/washington/ [9] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/trump-national-guard-capitol.html [10] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-homeless-eviction-national-guard-decision-delayed/
- The upcoming decision regarding the deployment of the National Guard to evict homeless people from Washington D.C., initiated by President Donald Trump, has not yet been finalized, though hundreds of members have been prepared for this action.
- Despite the potential involvement of the national guard in Trump's plan to remove homeless people from Washington, the city's mayor, Muriel Bowser, has not publicly commented on the matter.
- Tragically, the war-and-conflicts, crime-and-justice, policy-and-legislation, general-news, and politics sectors of Washington D.C. continue to face intricate dilemmas due to President Trump's ongoing disputes with Mayor Bowser and the city's homeless population.
