What he called them · Second term · № 140
Said at a Cabinet meeting 'Baltimore is a hellhole' after calling it 'crime ridden' in a feud with Gov. Wes Moore
“But first, you've got to clean up your crime because I'm not walking -- I'm not walking in Baltimore right now. Baltimore is a hellhole.”
- Said
- , Cabinet meeting, White House
- Subject
- Baltimore
- Target
- American cities
- Place
- Baltimore
- Topic
- Justice & the courts
- Era
- Second term
What happened
On Aug. 24, 2025 he posted that Moore must mean 'out of control, crime ridden, Baltimore,' offered to 'send in the "troops,"' and said he might 'rethink' bridge rebuilding money. On Sept. 1 he called it 'the Crime Drenched City of Baltimore,' and on Feb. 11, 2026 said Moore had 'allowed Baltimore to continue to be a Crime Disaster.' Moore said Baltimore's homicide rate was the lowest since before he was born and that he would 'never activate members of our National Guard for theatrics.'