ET, Trump Warns He May Send Troops to Baltimore to Fight Crime
President Donald Trump suggested that he’s contemplating sending National Guard troops to the city of Baltimore to fight what he described as a “crime disaster” in the city. “If [Maryland Gov.] Wes Moore needs help, like [California Gov. Gavin Newsom] did in L.A., I will send in the ’troops,' which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Aug. 24.
In that post, Trump replied to comments that Moore made on CNN on Aug. 22, saying the president needed to “walk the streets” of Maryland before making judgments about the situation. Trump criticized Moore’s remarks in his post. “I assume he is talking about out of control, crime ridden, Baltimore?” Trump wrote. “As President, I would much prefer that he clean up this Crime disaster before I go there for a ‘walk.’”
Earlier this year, Trump also deployed National Guardsmen to Los Angeles amid protests and riots against immigration enforcement in the city. More recently, he’s taken advantage of a provision in the Home Rule Act to deploy National Guardsmen to Washington and take control of local police as part of an anti-crime and beautification initiative.
During an Aug. 24 appearance on “Face the Nation,” Moore was asked about the president’s post about Baltimore. He expressed strong opposition to Trump’s suggestion, saying that the “pace of operations” is not sustainable, citing a cost of roughly a million dollars per day.
Trump has backed Democrats into another corner, forcing them to oppose fighting crime in 'their' cities. He doesn't even have to do anything, just threaten to fix their problems.
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