Former president Donald Trump returned to Washington, DC for the first time since leaving office last night. He did not like what he saw. During his keynote address at the America First Agenda Summit held at the Marriott Marquis, Trump derided the filthy homeless encampments that have popped up throughout the city and called for a return to ‘law and order’.
These tent cities, Trump said, are ‘all over some of, I think, the most beautiful public spaces in the world’. Indeed, if you drive through downtown DC or catch a train out of Union Station, you will encounter the haphazard tents and the desperate drug-addicted and mentally unwell folk who roam within. Trump’s solution? Set up a nicer, federally run tent city on the outskirts of town where the homeless can get access to health professionals and prepare themselves to return to normal society.
The former president revealed that much of his speech would focus on rising crime in America’s cities, including calling out the ‘defund the police’ movement and the left’s desire to ‘reimagine public safety’ — particularly the refusal to prosecute criminals and instead punish victims.
‘Their vision is sick,’ Trump said bluntly
‘Their vision is sick,’ Trump said bluntly.
He cited the uptick in the aforementioned tent cities, rampant drug abuse, smash and grabs, and random acts of violence as evidence that the country is now too soft on crime.
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