Trump threatens to send the military to Baltimore to ‘clean up’ crime

President Donald Trump threatened the soldiers on Sunday to Baltimore to “quickly clean up” the crime.

“But if Wes Moore needs help, as Gavin Newscum has done so in Los Angeles, I will send the” troops “, which is done in DC nearby, and I will quickly clean the crime,” said Trump in an article on Social Truth, referring to the Democratic governors of Maryland and California and using an unpleasant nickname for Gavin Newsom.

Trump’s comments are the last in a threat line to reproduce the deployment of DC in cities across the country after hundreds of national guard troops were brought to DC in what he described as an effort to combat crime, although criticisms have spent this decision as a surpassing for political purposes.

Reached a comment, Moore said in a statement that Trump “prefers to attack the largest cities in his country behind a desk to walk in the streets with the people he represents.”

“The president should join us in Baltimore because happy ignorance, frightening tropes and tactics of the 80s do not benefit anyone,” continued Moore. “We need leaders who are there to help people who are in the field to do the work.”

Trump’s push to deploy national guard troops in cities like DC is an important departure from how presidents generally deploy the goalkeeper, who is generally used to respond to situations such as natural disasters and civil disorders.

The president deployed thousands of troops and navies of the National Guard for the first time in Los Angeles in June in the midst of demonstrations against the implementation measures of immigration. Newsom vehemently opposed this decision, accusing Trump of “hoping chaos so that he can justify more repression, more fear, more control”.

Trump deployed the National Guard to DC earlier this month as part of a declared effort to fight crime, although at the time of his announcement, violent crimes decreased by 26% compared to last year, according to DC police data.

NBC News reported last week that the defense secretary Pete Hegseth had signed an order authorizing around 2,000 national guard troops to DC to carry weapons. The law enforcement agents have stopped hundreds of people in DC since August 7, according to a White House official.

Maryland, Moore, said on Friday that “many comments that are made from the White House have been revealed as if, so deaf and so ignorant” about the fight against crime.

“It is because they have not traveled our streets,” he said CNN on Friday. “They have not been in our communities, and they are more than happy to simply do these repeated trops about us, but not working with us to be able to make sure that our streets are safe and that people can have a real opportunity to feel safe in their own neighborhoods.”

Trump criticized Moore’s remarks in his Truth Sunday social post, saying that he assumed that Moore “talks about all-terrain, the mounted, baltimore crime”.

“As president, I prefer to clean this crime disaster before going there for a” promenade “,” added Trump.

Baltimore homicides decreased by more than 24% this year compared to the same period last year, said the mayor of Baltimore, Brandon Scott, earlier this month. His office also said that non -fatal shots had decreased by 18% this year.

Moore said earlier this month on CNN that Trump used the army as a “tool” for political purposes.

“I take very seriously how, when and why I deploy members of our national guard in the event of an emergency and real crises,” he said in the interview. “And I will not authorize the use of the Maryland National Guard for the Missions that I do not judge be critical or aligned by the mission.”

The president on Sunday also threatened To draw federal funding for the replacement of the Francis Scott Key bridge, which collapsed in 2024. The federal government had previously agreed to pay the replacement of the bridge.

“I gave a lot of money to Wes Moore to repair his demolished bridge,” wrote Trump. “I will now have to rethink this decision ???”

Moore criticized Trump’s message, saying in a statement that “any threat to this funding will cause irrevocable damage to the national economy and the entire state of Maryland”.

“We have already started to rebuild, and now that Maryland shows great progress, our president threatens to harm Maryland intentionally,” he continued.

Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-MD, criticized Trump’s comments, saying that “the desire to play the dictator with our soldiers on American soil should be alarming for everyone, as is his illegal threats to bring federal funding that Congress explicitly approved”.

He added that “we have made significant progress in public security”, and although “we can do more together, Trump’s threats to invade our cities are not the answer”.

In addition, representative Johnny Olszewski, D-MD., Said in a press release responding to the post of Trump This “Baltimore makes real progress, but supporting our momentum requires collaboration at all levels of the government”.

“President Trump’s threats to deploy troops in American cities and cancel the funding approved by the congress are illegal, unnecessary and directly in disagreement with this progress,” added Olszewski, which represents Baltimore parties.

In recent days, Trump has also threatened to deploy the National Guard in other cities. He praised the work of the National Guard on Friday, continued to say: “I think Chicago will be our next one, then we will help with New York.”

Illinois governor JB Pritzker retaliated on Saturday, accusing Trump in a post to X of “trying to make a crisis, to politicize Americans who serve in uniform and to continue to abuse his power to distract the pain he causes families.”