President Donald Trump blasted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Sunday, rejecting the Democrat’s invitation to join him on a “public safety walk” in Baltimore, saying he won’t visit until the city gets its violent crime problem under control.
“Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I ‘walk the streets of Maryland’ with him,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I assume he is talking about out of control, crime ridden, Baltimore? As President, I would much prefer that he clean up this Crime disaster before I go there for a ‘walk.’”
Moore’s Invitation Letter to Trump
In his invitation letter to Trump, Moore bragged about crime being down — claiming a 22% drop in homicides and a 19% drop in non-fatal shootings in Baltimore compared to last year.
Trump, however, blasted Moore’s record as “very bad” and suggested Democrats may be manipulating crime figures to cover up their failures.
The Department of Justice is already investigating whether Washington, D.C.’s police department falsified crime data, following allegations from Trump and the chairman of the capital’s police union.