Maryland Governor Wes Moore and President Donald Trump have been trading public statements over crime in Baltimore, with their dispute getting more personal in recent days. The disagreement started after Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and suggested he could do the same in other cities.
The conflict began when Moore criticized Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops for local policing in the nation’s capital. Trump has called this effort successful, claiming crime has dropped to zero in D.C. since the deployment. Moore called the president’s approach “purely performative” and said it lacks the right tools for the job.
