President Donald Trump threatened to “send in the ‘troops’” to Baltimore on Sunday in a lengthy social media post directed at Maryland’s Democrat governor, Wes Moore.
The threat came in response to a call from Moore for the President to visit Baltimore to take part in a safety walk in the city following Trump’s repeated comments about its problems with crime.
“As President, I would much prefer that he clean up this Crime disaster before I go there for a ‘walk,’” Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Truth Social.
“But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the ‘troops,’ which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime,” he added.
Moore responded soon after with his own jab at the president.
“President Bone Spurs will do anything to get out of walking – even if that means spouting off more lies about the progress we’re making on public safety in Maryland, he wrote on X.
“Hey Donald, we can get you a golf cart if that makes things easier. Just let my team know,” he added.
Trump’s threat comes just a week after he deployed the National Guard and took federal control over the police force in Washington, D.C., as part of what his administration has claimed is a crackdown on crime.
He has threatened to deploy the National Guard and the United States military to other cities as part of what he says is a crackdown on crime.
In June, the President deployed the California National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles, ostensibly to quell protests against his administration’s immigration policies and an escalation of deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
This story is developing.
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