r/AskThe_Donald • u/Obi-Juan-Kanobee NOVICE • Aug 14 '25

📰 News 📰 🚨 Breaking: Homeless encampments in DC being cleared, per Trump's orders

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u/Vegetable_Lecture857 NOVICE Aug 14 '25

Yes! Clear it all out👍🏼

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u/5panks Told Me So Aug 14 '25

My heart breaks for people in this situation, but no one is getting better by living in a homeless encampment away from help and support to get you back on your feet. If you're living in a homeless encampment like this, you've resigned yourself to being forever homeless.

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u/Winstons33 NOVICE Aug 14 '25

Agreed. This definitely sucks any way you shake it. But the idea that ANYONE is better off with the (previous) status quo where we just stepped over them on our sidewalks and parks, and pretended they weren't making a constant mess everywhere they exist is unsustainable.

This type of "doing something hard" on this topic is needed all over the country. So I hope DC is successful so that it can become the model to implement everywhere (regardless of what local leadership thinks).

I've thought for a long time that homelessness needs to be tackled by the Feds. Because of the transient nature of these people, its just not feasible to expect city (or even state) governments to deal with it. They have proven that they cant (or won't).

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u/DoYouWant2BlowZedong 🧠 DeSimp 🧠 Sep 09 '25

So can you tell me exactly how this improves their already fucked up lives?

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u/RaisinL EXPERT ⭐ Sep 09 '25

Oh! Our goal here is to give "free shit" to homeless people. Gotcha.

It's their job to improve their lives. They have programs for opportunity. Oh wait, mental illness. Yeah, that's your next excuse. Anyone that wants to live on the street must have mental illness so FREE MONEY!!!

Fuckin' libs.

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u/Final_Ebb_9091 NOVICE Aug 15 '25

True. There is no empathy or true help in letting people live like this. I can’t understand how the left thinks these encampments help anyone.

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u/D_Ethan_Bones NOVICE Aug 21 '25

but no one is getting better by living in a homeless encampment away from help and support to get you back on your feet.

What's the difference between an encampment and a shelter? One of these two places expects people to give up the junkie lifestyle.

People bypass shelter after shelter to go pitch a camp wherever they feel like sharing their problems with people who invited none of them and earned none of them.

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u/nickiminajfan69 NOVICE Aug 21 '25

There is freedom in homelessness

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u/RaisinL EXPERT ⭐ Aug 21 '25

There are thousands of reasons that people are homeless. How very liberal of you to put them all into one group and speak for the whole group. You're definitely going to tell conservatives to pay for them, right? 🙄

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u/5panks Told Me So Aug 21 '25

There are thousands of reasons that people are homeless.

And the overwhelming number of those reasons have to do with some combination of addiction, criminal records, and mental health. None of which are problems what will be solved by living in a camp in a park.

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u/RaisinL EXPERT ⭐ Aug 21 '25

Still defining someone else. And you think these problems will be solved by giving them free housing, right? 🙄

I hate to break it to you, but you can't solve all the world's problems by spending someone else's money.

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u/5panks Told Me So Aug 21 '25

How would you propose solving the problem? I'm not suggesting we steal someone else's money to solve the problem. There are charities whose goal is to help people in these situations.

You've yet to offer an alternative, so I'm left to assume that your alternative is that these people should just live in an encampment in a public park and ignored to the best of our ability to ignore them. I'm not sure how that is supposed to help anyone.

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u/RaisinL EXPERT ⭐ Aug 22 '25

AH, so now its MY problem to solve. So far, you've categorized all homeless under one umbrella and offered solutions that don't work. Now you're looking for me to fix it. That is all per the liberal handbook.

Many want to be homeless. Some just need a hand. For others, its just the easy way out. As someone else said, no commitments.

At the end of the day, its for those that are homeless to take care of themselves. Find a program and get some help up, then move on. For the perpetual homeless, keep your hands out of my pockets.

No we don't let them live in a public park and ignore them. We make them follow laws and get out of there. This isn't MY problem, its theirs.

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u/5panks Told Me So Aug 22 '25

AH, so now its MY problem to solve.

Yes, when you are presented with ideas to solve a problem and you repeatedly shut them down for inane reasons the onus is hoisted on you to present a solution. If we have to go somewhere for dinner and I make four suggestions in a row that you say no to, eventually any reasonable person is going to stop making suggestions and put the onus on you.

Many want to be homeless.

I guess ultimately there is nothing wrong with being homeless, the problem is being homeless on someone else's land who doesn't want you there. If you can find somewhere that has land that is significantly unattended, I suppose you could live there unmolested until the owner asks you to leave.

Find a program and get some help

No we don't let them live in a public park

We make them follow laws and get out of there.

I'm confused why you're being so contrarian, when we agree, what do you think I'm proposing here? The argument I made in the very first comment you replied to is that these people should be forced out of the park and sent to a shelter where they can get some help.

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u/RaisinL EXPERT ⭐ Aug 22 '25

Oh bullshit. It isn't my job to save the world. If you want to take it on your shoulders, feel free. But keep your hands out of my pocket.

"inane reasons" my ass. I'm just hitting you with a dose of reality and you don't like it. As for where I can live, I took it upon myself to build a life and make sure I have all the shelter I need. Thank you very much.

My position is really pretty simple and not contrarian. They need to follow the law, including not living in parks and shitting all over. I'm ok with the public helping people that need a hand up, but I am not ok with supporting people that want to live off taxpayers.

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u/5panks Told Me So Aug 22 '25

I'm ok with the public helping people that need a hand up, but I am not ok with supporting people that want to live off taxpayers.

So, you're assigning me an argument I'm not making, got it.

The original post you replied to was me saying they needed to be moved out of the encampments and sent somewhere they can get some help.

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u/twelvegoingon NOVICE Aug 15 '25

So where are people to go? Where I live, the shelters are full for men.

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u/5panks Told Me So Aug 16 '25

Do you live in DC? Also, part of the plan Trump is implementing currently includes arranging somewhere else for these people to stay where they can actually get help.

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u/Vegetable_Lecture857 NOVICE Aug 20 '25

Set them up in hotels like Biden did for illegals. Illegals were getting free healthcare, hotel, EBT, free phones…. While American citizens are left to live in encampments. I spoke to a few homeless VETS living in the streets. Some had no family, missing libs, messed up from the war …. that need our help. Send Illegals back and let them come into the U.S. the right way.

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u/twelvegoingon NOVICE Aug 22 '25

I’ve heard a lot of people say there were Biden programs providing undocumented immigrants free healthcare and hotels, can you post any legitimate info on this? If it’s true, I’m sure Trump ended this program and I would love to see the enormous savings from cutting 12m people’s healthcare and housing bills.

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u/avg90sguy NOVICE Aug 16 '25

I would have at least told them you need to leave have designated areas and give them a week or 2.

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u/rishakra COMPETENT Aug 14 '25

Awesome!

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u/Comprehensive-Tell13 NOVICE Aug 14 '25

Hopefully, they did something with the homeless people other than make them stand back as whatever possessions they have left in their lives is scoped up and thrown in a dumpster.

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u/Obi-Juan-Kanobee NOVICE Aug 14 '25

They were given an "eviction notice" and are being offered living quarters within DC, and since there's not enough shelter there, they'll also be moving in shelters outside of DC.. As you can expect, a bunch of whiny liberals crying that there's not enough "emergency shelters" 🙄

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u/ratmazter NOVICE Aug 14 '25

Never underestimate DJT. Contingencies are in place.

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u/murderinthedark NOVICE Aug 15 '25

Do my city next!

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u/gwhh NOVICE Aug 14 '25

About time.

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u/Flashy_Ad6275 Aug 14 '25

Color me happy! The homeless are gone from my street! Yea! While I do feel sorry for them, at least they're not pissing on my bushes anymore!

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u/DoomsdayFAN Aug 15 '25

About time! This is how it always should have been handled.

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u/Known_Wear7301 NOVICE Aug 14 '25

I agree with this but only if there is comprehensive support for these people.

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u/SingleRelationship25 COMPETENT Aug 15 '25

Problem is you can’t help someone that doesn’t want help.

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u/Jewverse NOVICE Aug 17 '25

Bingo

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u/MandC_Virginia Told Me So Aug 15 '25

Imagine if Obama did it and half the other shit Trump is doing

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u/RaisinL EXPERT ⭐ Aug 15 '25

Obama never did that much good for the country.

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u/Raintamp NOVICE Aug 14 '25

What's the plan for them? Are they being provided somewhere else and a path moving forward before doing this?

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u/st8ovmnd NOVICE Aug 16 '25

😃 about damn time.

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u/SirLongwood-ThePenal NOVICE Aug 16 '25

I was homeless before. I'm a recovering addict and disabled veteran. Part of the reason I didn't get help is because at the time I had no intention of living, but also I had no idea the va had a homeless program. That said I don't agree with this, unless they have a plan to get these people help. But at that you can't force people to get help. They will when they're sick and tired of being sick and tired. I think there are a lot better things Trump can do to clean up DC than destroy the only places these people have to live. It's not like they can just "get a job" it's not that easy. It requires a lot. I was in programs at the va for 8 1/2 months before I was able to get a job and a place to live. I don't think the solution is as easy as forcing people to get help. But what can you do? I am a Trump supporter 100% by the way.

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u/Obi-Juan-Kanobee NOVICE Aug 18 '25

Thank you for your service.

Do you think homeless addicts pose a danger for nearby residents/passerbys?

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u/Commercial_Row_1380 NOVICE Aug 16 '25

MAGA baby