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Associated Press

US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to expand his military deployments to more Democratic-led cities, responding to an offer by Maryland’s governor to join him in a tour of Baltimore by saying he might instead “send in the troops”.
Last week, Trump said he was considering Chicago and New York for troop deployments similar to what he has unleashed on the nation’s capital, where thousands of National Guard and federal police officers are patrolling the streets.
Trump made the threat to Baltimore in a row with Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a Democrat who has criticised Trump’s unprecedented flex of federal power aimed at combating crime and homelessness in Washington. Moore last week invited Trump to visit his state to discuss public safety and walk the streets.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said Moore asked “in a rather nasty and provocative tone”, and then raised the spectre of repeating the National Guard deployment he made in Los Angeles over the objections of California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
“Wes Moore’s record on Crime is a very bad one, unless he fudges his figures on crime like many of the other ‘Blue States’ are doing.
“But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum 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, citing a pejorative nickname he uses frequently for the California governor.
Moore said he invited Trump to Maryland “because he seems to enjoy living in this blissful ignorance” about improving crime rates in Baltimore.
After a spike during the coronavirus pandemic that matched nationwide trends, Baltimore’s violent crime rate has fallen. The 200 murders reported last year were down 24 per cent from the year before and 42 per cent since 2021, according to city data. Between 2023 and 2024, overall violent crime was down nearly 8 per cent and property crimes down 20 per cent.
“The president is spending all of his time talking about me,” Moore said on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday. “I’m spending my time talking about the people I serve.”
Trump is “spouting off a bunch of lies about public safety in Maryland”, Moore said in a fundraising email.

In Washington, where Trump is surging National Guard troops and federal police officers, a patchwork of protests popped up throughout the city over the weekend, while some normally bustling corners were noticeably quiet.
In some of the most populated areas, residents walked by small groups of national guardsmen, often talking among themselves. Videos of arrests and detainments circulated on social media.
Trump has said Chicago and New York are most likely to be his next targets, eliciting strong pushback from Democratic leaders in both states.
The Washington Post newspaper reported on Saturday that the Pentagon has spent weeks preparing for an operation in Chicago that would include National Guard troops and potentially active-duty forces.
Asked about the Post report, the White House pointed to Trump’s earlier comments discussing his desire to expand his use of military forces to target local crime.
“I think Chicago will be our next,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, adding: “And then we’ll help with New York.”
Trump has repeatedly described some of the nation’s largest cities – run by Democrats, with black mayors and majority-minority populations – as dangerous and filthy. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is black, as is Moore. The District of Columbia and New York also have black mayors.
The Reverend Al Sharpton, speaking during a religious event on Sunday at Howard University in Washington, said the National Guard’s presence in the nation’s capital was not about crime: “This is about profiling us.”
“This is laced with bigotry and racism,” he later elaborated to reporters. “Not one white mayor has been designated. And I think this is a civil rights issue, a race issue and an issue of DC statehood.”

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, said there is no emergency warranting the deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago.
“Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicise Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he’s causing families,” Pritzker wrote on social media. “We’ll continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect Illinoisans.”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said the city does not need “a military occupation” and would sue to block one. He said there has been no communication from the White House about a possible military deployment.
“We’re not going to surrender our humanity to this tyrant,” Johnson said on Sunday on MSNBC. “I can tell you this, the city of Chicago has a long history of standing up against tyranny, resisting those who wish to undermine the interests of working people.”


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Trump made the threat in a row with Maryland’s governor, who has criticised Trump’s flex of power aimed at combating crime in Washington


Trump made the threat in a row with Maryland’s governor, who has criticised Trump’s flex of power aimed at combating crime in Washington.


Trump expands cities targeted for possible military deployment to Baltimore

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Trump made the threat in a row with Maryland’s governor, who has criticised Trump’s flex of power aimed at combating crime in Washington

Trump made the threat in a row with Maryland’s governor, who has criticised Trump’s flex of power aimed at combating crime in Washington