Trump says homelessness hurts real estate prestige and will destroy cities

President Donald Trump reiterated his complaints about homelessness Tuesday during a visit to California, citing the harm done to taxpayers in the search for prestigious real estate and warning that cities would "be destroyed" if his administration failed. Did not intervene.

The homeless live in "our best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to the building," Trump told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One to participate in a series of fundraisers in California. "People in these buildings pay huge taxes where they went because of their prestige."

Trump went on to say that he had spoken to "foreigners, foreign renters" in California who wanted to leave the country because of the homelessness problem. Trump expressed growing concern about homelessness and said the White House would take action soon.

"In many cases, they came from other countries and they moved to Los Angeles or San Francisco because of the prestige of the city and, suddenly, they have tents," Trump said. "Hundreds and hundreds of tents and people living at the entrance to their office building, and they want to leave, and the people of San Francisco are fed up, and the people of Los Angeles are fed up. we are looking at it and we will do something about it. "

The Trump administration has sent officials earlier this month to California to look into the problem in that country, but it's unclear exactly what the federal government can do on an issue that is primarily the responsibility of the governments of the United States. States and local governments and law enforcement. Trump told Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, his potential solutions.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, urged Trump on Monday to approve more housing checks through two existing programs and to increase the value of checks to help people cope with rising rents .

Trump participates in fundraisers in California on Tuesday in Beverly Hills and Palo Alto. On Wednesday, he will meet donors at events in Los Angeles and San Diego.