President Donald Trump has considered sending National Guard troops to five major cities across the U.S., including Baltimore.

The war of words between Donald Trump and Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland escalated Sunday with the president threatening to send National Guard troops to Baltimore to attempt to reduce crime, and the first-term governor suggesting Trump was peddling outdated racist tropes he referred to as “blissful ignorance” to score political points.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore went toe-to-toe with President Donald Trump on Sunday in a no-holds-barred online slugfest that saw threats, nicknames, and Baltimore dragged into the middle of the fight. Days after Moore told the president to "keep our name out of your mouth,