While we are targeting criminals and trying to remove criminals off of the streets, we also want to make DC safe and beautiful,” Leavitt said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump vowed this week to rid Washington, D.C., of homeless encampments, though what those plans will look like are unclear.

One day after warning people experiencing homelessness to “move out” of Washington, D.C. “ immediately ,” Donald Trump said the federal government will begin forcibly “removing” encampments that have turned the city “into a wasteland.”