Overview

• In a Sunday Truth Social post, the president called Baltimore "out of control" and threatened to "send in the troops" while saying he might rethink federal funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
• He separately questioned whether Gov. Wes Moore lied about receiving a Bronze Star, reviving a previously acknowledged 2006 misstatement before Moore received the medal last December.
• Moore responded on CBS’s Face the Nation, criticizing the rhetoric and highlighting local strategies that he says are driving down crime.
• An Aug. 21 letter from Moore invited the president to a September public safety walk and requested FBI, DEA and ATF support rather than National Guard policing.
• Congress approved full federal funding for the Key Bridge replacement last year, creating legal hurdles for any unilateral attempt to withhold the money.