President Donald Trump has considered sending National Guard troops to five major cities across the U.S., including Baltimore.
President Donald Trump and Maryland Governor Wes Moore have ignited a war of words after the president revealed he might deploy the National Guard to several major cities across the country—including Baltimore—in a sweeping crime crackdown similar to what he enacted in Washington, D.C.
On Sunday morning, Trump responded to a «rather nasty and provocative» question from Moore when he asked if Trump would «walk the streets of Maryland» with him.
Trump proceeded to criticize Moore’s job as governor, saying his «record on Crime is a very bad one, unless he fudges his figures on crime like many of the other ‘Blue States’ are doing.»
He also suggested he might pull the funds given to Maryland to fix the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed after an errant ship struck it in March 2024.
Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Moore’s office by email outside of normal business hours on Sunday for comment.Why It Matters
Trump has twice now deployed the National Guard to deal with domestic issues, first in Los Angeles when protests hindered the execution of deportation operations carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and again in D.C. as part of a broad crime crackdown.
Both deployments have met considerable backlash, most notably from the mayors of each city as well as California Governor Gavin Newsom, who took the administration to court over its deployment.
Trump then said he would consider additional deployments to major Democrat-run cities including Chicago, Baltimore, New York City, Oakland, California, and again to Los Angeles to address crime and homelessness in those cities.
«Chicago’s a mess, you have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent», Trump said from the Oval Office last week. «We’ll straighten that one out, probably next, that will be our next one after this. I think Chicago will be our next and then we’ll help with New York.»What To Know
Moore directly addressed the president last week, saying at a press conference that the last time homicide in Baltimore was at its current level he was not born yet, and in a post on X suggested that Trump «walk our streets, stand with our people, and visit our community.»
«If you are not willing to be part of the solution, keep our names out of your mouth», Moore said at a press conference last week.
