Current Events > Trump on the Homeless: 'I'm going to maybe and I'm looking at it very seriously'

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UnfairRepresent
07/02/19 5:59:49 AM
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President Trump sat down with Fox News host Tucker Carlson for an exclusive interview during his visit to Japan for the G20 summit and shared his plans to combat rising homelessness and mental illness in America.

During the interview, Trump told Carlson he is "looking at it very seriously" and said some people forced to live on the streets are "living in hell."

"It's disgraceful. I'm going to maybe and I'm looking at it very seriously. We're doing some other things that you probably noticed like some of the very important things that we're doing now. But we're looking at it very seriously because you can't do that.

"You can't have what's happening -- where police officers are getting sick just by walking the beat. I mean, they're getting actually very sick, where people are getting sick, where the people living there living in hell, too."

Trump continued, saying most people suffering from homelessness have an accompanying mental illness and sometimes don't realize they're living in their own filth. He also said the issue needs to be addressed before it starts affecting healthy working people as well.

"Some of them have mental problems where they don't even know they're living that way. In fact, perhaps they like living that way. They can't do that. We cannot ruin our cities. And you have people that work in those cities. They work in office buildings and to get into the building, they have to walk through a scene that nobody would have believed possible three years ago."

Trump blamed the liberal politicians for exacerbating the problem and said he's been fighting them on all fronts, including within the city limits of Washington, D.C.

"And this is the liberal establishment. This is what I'm fighting. They -- I don't know if they're afraid of votes. I don't know if they really believe that this should be taking place. But it's a terrible thing that's taking place. And we may be -- you know, I had a situation when I first became president, we had certain areas of Washington, D.C. where that was starting to happen, and I ended it very quickly.

"When we have leaders of the world coming in to see the President of the United States and they're riding down a highway, they can't be looking at that. I really believe that it hurts our country.

"They can't be looking at scenes like you see in Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Francisco... so we're looking at it very seriously. We may intercede. We may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up. It's inappropriate."

"We're really not very equipped as a government to be doing that kind of work," he told Carlson. "That's not really the kind of work that the government probably should be doing. We've never had this in our lives before in our country. And it's not only those few cities, it's a couple of other ones."

The president's comments came after figures released last month stated the number of homeless people in Los Angeles County jumped 12 percent over the past year, officials announced Tuesday, despite $619 million in government spending to help alleviate the problem.

The annual point-in-time count recorded nearly 59,000 homeless people countywide, with the largest number -- 36,000 -- coming from the city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, a county agency which conducted the count, delivered its report to the Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday meeting.

The count found a 24 percent increase in homeless youth, defined as people under 25, and a 7 percent jump in people 62 or older. An estimated 29 percent of people experiencing homelessness are mentally ill or have substance abuse issues, officials said.


Full Article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tucker-exclusive-interview-homelessness
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Hornezz
07/02/19 6:10:27 AM
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"When we have leaders of the world coming in to see the President of the United States and they're riding down a highway, they can't be looking at that. I really believe that it hurts our country.

"They can't be looking at scenes like you see in Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Francisco... so we're looking at it very seriously. We may intercede. We may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up. It's inappropriate."


This is the real problem with homelessness. It's unpleasant for the rich people driving by to look at them.
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008Zulu
07/02/19 6:12:34 AM
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Hornezz posted...

"When we have leaders of the world coming in to see the President of the United States and they're riding down a highway, they can't be looking at that. I really believe that it hurts our country.

"They can't be looking at scenes like you see in Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Francisco... so we're looking at it very seriously. We may intercede. We may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up. It's inappropriate."


This is the real problem with homelessness. It's unpleasant for the rich people driving by to look at them.

Rich People: Lets give free clothes to the homeless. Make sure they are drab grey, that way, they blend in to the concrete, and we don't notice them!
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UnfairRepresent
07/02/19 6:26:13 AM
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Hornezz posted...

"When we have leaders of the world coming in to see the President of the United States and they're riding down a highway, they can't be looking at that. I really believe that it hurts our country.

"They can't be looking at scenes like you see in Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Francisco... so we're looking at it very seriously. We may intercede. We may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up. It's inappropriate."


This is the real problem with homelessness. It's unpleasant for the rich people driving by to look at them.

It's funny how common that idealogy is.

Like how Japan has removed all the physical porn from shops during the olympics so foreigners don't see it.

Or how North Korea puts on feasts for the tourists it lets in to "prove" it doesn't have massive food shortages

"What the rich foreigners think if they saw this." is a powerful concept
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littlebro07
07/02/19 8:35:27 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
We're doing some other things that you probably noticed like some of the very important things that we're doing now.


Lmao he's such a fucking moron
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UnfairRepresent
07/03/19 2:53:45 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
We're doing some other things that you probably noticed like some of the very important things that we're doing now.


Lmao he's such a fucking moron

Best part is when he said it was a 'Phenomenon That Started Two Years Ago'

What happened 2 years ago donnie?
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Bishop9800
07/03/19 2:55:04 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
littlebro07 posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
We're doing some other things that you probably noticed like some of the very important things that we're doing now.


Lmao he's such a fucking moron

Best part is when he said it was a 'Phenomenon That Started Two Years Ago'

What happened 2 years ago donnie?


He took office
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TheBlueMonk_
07/03/19 2:55:39 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
What happened 2 years ago donnie?

Hillary emailed Putin and told him to drop millions of homeless people into america (very illegal!) via a dropship.
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Giant_Aspirin
07/03/19 3:10:00 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Trump blamed the liberal politicians


and there it is
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Antifar
07/03/19 3:13:20 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Trump continued, saying most people suffering from homelessness have an accompanying mental illness and sometimes don't realize they're living in their own filth.

"Some of them have mental problems where they don't even know they're living that way. In fact, perhaps they like living that way. They can't do that.


Curious change here.
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King_Hutton
07/03/19 3:16:17 PM
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He can blame it on whatever he wants if he solves it.

My expectations are pretty low though.
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creativerealms
07/03/19 3:29:16 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
littlebro07 posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
We're doing some other things that you probably noticed like some of the very important things that we're doing now.


Lmao he's such a fucking moron

Best part is when he said it was a 'Phenomenon That Started Two Years Ago'

What happened 2 years ago donnie?

Blue states started ruining their cities to spite Trump?
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DifferentialEquation
07/03/19 3:31:37 PM
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The local governments haven't been resolving the issue; in some cases they've made it worse. So it may take someone who is a great problem solver and has a great mind for business and economics to fix the problem.
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Smashingpmkns
07/03/19 3:32:59 PM
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Lol is this directly because Shinzo Abe or whoever told him that Japan is cleaner than those cities the other day
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DemonBuffet
07/03/19 3:34:03 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
The local governments haven't been resolving the issue; in some cases they've made it worse. So it may take someone who is a great problem solver and has a great mind for business and economics to fix the problem.


This.
Making tent cities isnt helping the problem.
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ButteryMales
07/03/19 3:34:57 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Blue states started ruining their cities to spite Trump?

Right there's zero homeless in red states. /s
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IMNOTRAGED
07/03/19 3:35:01 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
"You can't have what's happening -- where police officers are getting sick just by walking the beat. I mean, they're getting actually very sick, where people are getting sick, where the people living there living in hell, too."


Lmao

This dude's brain is GONE.
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berlyman101
07/03/19 3:36:14 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
The local governments haven't been resolving the issue; in some cases they've made it worse. So it may take someone who is a great problem solver and has a great mind for business and economics to fix the problem.


Let me know when they show up
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Vindris_SNH
07/03/19 3:42:43 PM
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My solution for solving homelessness would be expensive at first, but long term it would save money.

Instead of giving handouts, I would create programs to train people and give them the tools they need to get a job. Basically some sort of educational or skill training system for those who fucked up earlier in their lives. They get one or two tries, and if they can't carry their own weight, they are cut off from government support and die in a ditch.

This is, of course, only for people who aren't mentally ill or physically disabled in some way where they can't care for themselves. For those people with disabilities, certainly we can give "handouts" to them, since they lack the capacity to support themselves.
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darkmaian23
07/03/19 3:47:16 PM
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Is this worse than his nuclear speech? I think it might be.
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Vindris_SNH
07/03/19 3:51:06 PM
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darkmaian23 posted...
Is this worse than his nuclear speech? I think it might be.


Lol Trump sucks ass at talking. But I generally like his policies. He reminds me of my father in law in a way... Sucks at expressing himself but actually really smart.

Don't judge a book by its cover. Too many people do that with Trump IMHO.
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Hanky_Bannister
07/03/19 3:52:31 PM
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Vindris_SNH posted...
Don't judge a book by its cover. Too many people do that with Trump IMHO.

dude you can't stop. its been 2 years.
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The Popo
07/03/19 3:55:05 PM
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I'm going to maybe and I'm looking at it very seriously. We're doing some other things that you probably noticed like some of the very important things that we're doing now.

Politics aside, what the hell are these two sentences...
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ButteryMales
07/03/19 3:56:52 PM
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Vindris_SNH posted...
they are cut off from government support and die in a ditch.

Homeless people don't need government support to stay alive. Many states have conditional assistance and no they don't immediately die and disappear after it ends.

You basically suggested nothing.
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UnfairRepresent
07/03/19 4:17:50 PM
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King_Hutton posted...
He can blame it on whatever he wants if he solves it.

My expectations are pretty low though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owI7DOeO_yg" data-time="

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loafy013
07/03/19 4:49:27 PM
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King_Hutton posted...
He can blame it on whatever he wants if he solves it.

My expectations are pretty low though.

What worries me is that his "solution" would be to round them up and stick them in camps to keep them out of view.
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Questionmarktarius
07/03/19 4:53:32 PM
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008Zulu posted...
Rich People: Lets give free clothes to the homeless. Make sure they are drab grey, that way, they blend in to the concrete, and we don't notice them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWxh9lGOeqQ" data-time="
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