Trump Threatens To Send The Military To Baltimore To 'clean Up' Crime

President Donald Trump connected Sunday threatened to nonstop nan subject into Baltimore to “quickly cleanable up” crime.

“But if Wes Moore needs help, for illustration Gavin Newscum did successful L.A., I will nonstop successful nan ‘troops,’ which is being done successful adjacent DC, and quickly cleanable up nan Crime,” Trump said in a station connected Truth Social, referring to nan Democratic governors of Maryland and California and utilizing a derogatory nickname for Gavin Newsom.

Trump’s comments are nan latest successful a statement of threats to replicate nan D.C. deployment successful cities crossed nan state aft hundreds of National Guard troops were brought to D.C. successful what he’s described arsenic an effort to conflict crime, though critics person painted nan move as an overreach for governmental purposes.

Reached for comment, Moore said successful a connection that Trump “would alternatively onslaught his country’s largest cities from down a table than locomotion nan streets pinch nan group he represents.”

“The President should subordinate america successful Baltimore because nan blissful ignorance, tropes, and nan 1980s scare strategies use nary one,” Moore continued. “We request leaders who are location helping nan group who are really connected nan crushed doing nan work.”

Trump’s push to deploy National Guard troops to cities for illustration D.C. is simply a important departure from really presidents typically deploy nan Guard, which is usually utilized to respond to situations for illustration earthy disasters and civilian unrest.

The president first deployed thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles successful June amid protests against migration enforcement actions. Newsom vehemently opposed nan move, accusing Trump of “hoping for chaos truthful he tin warrant much crackdowns, much fear, much control.”

Trump deployed nan National Guard to D.C. earlier this period arsenic portion of a stated effort to conflict crime, though at nan time of his announcement, convulsive crime had decreased 26% compared to past year, according to D.C. constabulary data.

NBC News reported last week that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an bid authorizing astir 2,000 National Guard troops successful D.C. to transportation weapons. Law enforcement agents person arrested hundreds of group successful D.C. since Aug. 7, according to a White House official.

Maryland’s Moore said Friday that “many of nan comments that are being made from nan White House travel disconnected arsenic so, truthful reside deaf and truthful ignorant” astir fighting crime.

“It’s because they person not walked our streets,” he said connected CNN connected Friday. “They person not been successful our communities, and they’re much than happy of conscionable making these repeated tropes astir us, but not really moving pinch america to beryllium capable to make judge that our streets are safe and that group tin person a existent opportunity to consciousness safe successful their ain neighborhoods.”

Trump criticized Moore’s remarks successful his Sunday Truth Social post, saying he assumed that Moore “is talking astir retired of control, crime ridden, Baltimore.”

“As President, I would overmuch for illustration that he cleanable up this Crime disaster earlier I spell location for a ‘walk,’” Trump added.

Homicides successful Baltimore person decreased by much than 24% this twelvemonth compared to nan aforesaid play past year, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said earlier this month. His agency has besides said that nonfatal shootings person declined 18% this year.

Moore said earlier this period connected CNN that Trump was utilizing nan subject arsenic a “tool” for governmental purposes.

“I return very earnestly astir how, erstwhile and why I deploy members of our National Guard successful cases of emergency and successful existent crises,” he said successful the interview. “And I will not authorize nan usage of Maryland National Guard forces for missions that I do not deem to beryllium either ngo captious aliases ngo aligned.”

The president connected Sunday besides threatened to propulsion national backing for nan replacement of nan Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed in 2024. The national authorities had previously agreed to salary for nan bridge’s replacement.

“I gave Wes Moore a batch of money to hole his demolished bridge,” Trump wrote. “I will now person to rethink that decision???”

Moore slammed Trump’s message, saying successful a connection that “any threats to this backing will origin irrevocable harm to nan nationalist system and to nan full State of Maryland.”

“We person already begun rebuilding, and now that Maryland is showing awesome progress, our President is threatening to intentionally harm Maryland,” he continued.

Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., said successful a connection that “Baltimore is making existent progress, but sustaining our momentum requires collaboration astatine each levels of government.”

“President Trump’s threats to deploy troops to American cities and cancel backing approved by Congress are illegal, unhelpful and straight astatine likelihood to that progress,” added Olszewski, who represents parts of Baltimore.

In caller days, Trump has besides threatened to deploy nan National Guard to different cities. He praised nan National Guard’s activity connected Friday, going connected to say, “I deliberation Chicago will beryllium our next, and past we’ll thief pinch New York.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker deed backmost connected Saturday, accusing Trump in a station to X of “attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who service successful uniform, and proceed abusing his powerfulness to distract from nan symptom he’s causing families.”