Donald Trump posted a photo from me to my tent. Bulldozer arrived then

US President Donald Trump was driving in his bike through Washington last Sunday on his way to his golf club when he saw something that apparently annoyed him – a tent bearing for a stray of grass.

“The homeless should be exported immediately,” he posted on Truth Social this morning, along with four photos.

One of them showed a man sitting in a camping chair near his tent, which I would eventually learn, was Theodi. Four days later, Theodi was forced to move after the president announced repression of homelessness in the nation’s capital.

“It’s me,” he said when I showed him the picture Trump posted, which was the first time he saw her.

“It’s crazy that he just tilted out the window and filmed me and then published it on social media in a negative way, using it as his political instrument.”

On Monday, Trump announced that his administration would “remove the bearings for homelessly from all our parks, our beautiful, beautiful parks.”

“We have poor neighborhoods here.

Following the announcement, the BBC checks decided to investigate the photos the president posted.

We were in line with visual clues in the tent photos – including a bend along the road, along with the grassy area where they were placed – to a place on Google Streetview.

The camp was about a 10 -minute drive from the White House and less than the BBC office in Washington – so I went down to see what happened to the site that caught the president’s attention.

When I arrived local officials, they were there, warning people, they may soon be forced to move.

I also found Mr. Theodi, 66 years old from Missouri, sitting in the same camping chair.

He had seen Trump drive before.

“The president’s motorcycle is quite long,” said Theodi. “I’ve seen him come here three times.”

“You know, I understand that he does not want to see a mess, so we go out of our way to keep him clean. We do not try to ignore the president or any other person who comes.”

He told me that he has been living on the site for years and worked in construction, although he is out of full -time employment from 2018. Usually he can only take a few shifts a month.

On Thursday of the G -n Theodi and the other residents there were told to pack and leave immediately.

A local reporter, filmed as a bulldozer, was sent to dismantle tents and other things that people left behind.

“They said you should pack it or bulldozer it. They didn’t come to talk, it was, go, go,” said the Theodi.

Wayne auction, the Deputy Mayor of the Department of Health and Human Services of the DC, said the city authorities had removed the camps in the capital before.

This is usually done with at least one week’s notice, he said, but the process was quickly followed after Trump’s message.

According to local authorities – with local authorities – with 11 people living next to one of the main routes from Washington.

Prior to the most repression this year, 97 people lived in homeless camps, a large decline in 294 in 2023, figures show.

The estimated number of people who experience homelessness is 5.138 this year, which is less than 5 613 in 2024, According to the annual moment of the cityS

The latest community partnership dataAn organization that works to reduce homelessness shows that about 800 people are steadfast, while about 4300 others have some temporary home.

The White House said they would suggest putting people sleeping on the streets in homeless shelters and providing access to addiction or mental health, but if they refuse, they would face fines or prison.

“You can’t just grab people and threaten them with arrest or force people to go to a shelter,” said G -n Theodi. “I don’t want to go to a shelter – they are bad places.”

Organizations that work with homeless people say the system is insufficient because shelter capacity is often limited.

After leaving the object, the Theodi spent three nights in a motel in Virginia after someone who saw that his removal had given him money to cover it.

“If I wasn’t blessed by this person, I don’t know what I would do. I would probably sit on the curb throughout the day,” he said.

“This room is clogged, full of things, my tent and my belongings … But it’s so good to sleep in a bed, take a shower, use a private bathroom, feels absolutely incredible.”

D -N Theodi said he would try to find a new place when he checked the motel: “My best option is to try to find a safe place to set up my tent. I don’t know where this will be, but I would like to stay in DC.”

I also met George Morgan, 65 years old from Washington, in the camp. He said he had lived there only two months after he had to get out of an apartment he could no longer afford.

When I called to see what had happened to him after the camp was removed, he was in a motel intake with his dog, blue after someone covered the price of one night there and for him.

“We’re sitting here to see if we could get another night. I had to pay a $ 15 dog fee – which was the last money I had.”

When I last talked to G -N Morgan, he managed to extend his stay at the motel over the weekend – but he said he did not know what he would bring next week.

“I have to play it in the ear as I have no money. God has always passed, so I will see what God has put on.”