Trump Pressure Triggers Blue City Cleanup

The article argues that the prospect of federal intervention under Trump is prompting Democratic city leaders to move fast on clearing entrenched homeless encampments and restoring public order. Los Angeles abruptly cleared the long‑standing Sepulveda Basin camps after another major fire, and Washington, D.C.’s mayor reportedly shifted tone on disorder. — If true, urban policy may be more responsive to national political threat than to local grievances, reshaping federal–local dynamics and how parties signal on crime and homelessness.