After Trump Shared My Tent Photo, a Bulldozer Showed Up

After Trump Shared My Tent Photo, a Bulldozer Showed Up

Jake Horton

BBC Verify in Washington DC

BBC A man in a white t-shirt and aqua shorts and black sunglasses sits in a camping chair on a patch of grass. A second camping chair is next to him, and tents and a wheelchair are visible in the background. In the far distance, a large building is visible.BBC

US President Donald Trump was traveling through Washington DC last Sunday en route to his golf club when he noticed a homeless tent encampment on a grassy area that irritated him.

“The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY,” he posted on Truth Social that morning, sharing four photos.

One photo depicted a man sitting in a camping chair by his tent, later identified as Bill Theodie. Four days later, Mr. Theodie was forced to relocate after the president announced a crackdown on homelessness in the nation’s capital.

“That’s me,” he said when I showed him the photo

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