President Trump criticized Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday for asking the president to “come walk the streets with us,” saying he needs to “rethink” his decision to give money for the bridge that collapsed in Baltimore after being struck by a cargo ship.
Trump suggested last week that he could bring his takeover efforts to other Democratic-led cities, including Baltimore, which he called in his Truth Social post on Sunday morning “out of control” and “crime ridden.”
“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. “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.'”
He also accused Moore of having a “very bad” record in his handling of crime in the state and offered to send troops to the state if he “needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A.”
“After only one week, there is NO CRIME AND NO MURDER IN DC! When it is like that in Baltimore, I will proudly ‘walk the streets’ with the failing, because of Crime, Governor of Maryland,” he wrote.
“P.S. Baltimore is ranked the 4th WORST CITY IN THE NATION IN CRIME & MURDER,” he continued. “Stop talking and get to work, Wes. I’ll then see you on the streets!!!”
Trump’s fiery comments come after Moore invited the president to “come walk the streets with us” following Trump’s negative comments about Baltimore.
“I’d love for the president to take us up on our offer and actually come walk the streets with us,” Moore said on NewsNation’s “CUOMO.”
“If the president is going to make comments about Baltimore, then the president should actually make sure [they’re] informed comments, because the truth is, the comments that he is making from the Oval Office, the personal attacks that he’s made on me from the Oval Office, they are just inaccurate, they’re ignorant,” he added.
In his post, Trump also said he might need to “rethink” the funding he said he gave to Moore to fix the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed in March 2024.
“Also, I gave Wes Moore a lot of money to fix his demolished bridge. I will now have to rethink that decision???” he wrote.
In another post, Trump also asked whether Moore, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, lied about receiving a Bronze Star.
“Did Wes Moore, the Governor of Maryland, lie about getting a Bronze Star?” he wrote in another post.
In December, Moore received a Bronze Star for his military service in Afghanistan nearly two decades after he was deployed overseas following a New York Times report that Moore, in 2006, had written on an application that he received a Bronze Star for his service when, in fact, he never received it.
After the report, Moore said he made an “honest mistake,” but that his deputy brigade commander had recommended him for the Bronze Star — and told him to include the award on his application “after confirming with two other senior-level officers that they had also signed off on the commendation.”
Moore responded to Trump’s posts, calling him “President Bone Spurs.”
“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 after Trump’s posts. “Hey Donald, we can get you a golf cart if that makes things easier. Just let my team know.”
Updated at 12:24 p.m. EDT
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