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Trump really wants to solve homelessness in LA, Giuliani says; details are lacking

LOS ANGELES - Up to now, President Donald Trump's interest in the Los Angeles homelessness crisis has been more rhetoric than action, and it's unclear whether a visit by members of his administration this week - or by Trump himself next Wednesday - will lead to substantive new policies.

Indeed, the president's attacks on the city's homelessness problems have been met with more skepticism than interest in many corners of California, with critics saying he simply wants to use the issue of urban woes as a 2020 campaign wedge issue.

But one Trump adviser insists the president sees

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