Trump says he could 'rethink' Baltimore bridge funds after fight with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore [View all]

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Source: USA Today

Updated Aug. 24, 2025, 12:42 p.m. ET


President Donald Trump threatened to "rethink" funds the federal government sent Baltimore to repair a massive bridge that collapsed last year, making the comments after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told him to visit the city or "keep our name out of your mouth."

"I gave Wes Moore a lot of money to fix his demolished bridge. I will now have to rethink that decision???" Trump wrote at the end of a post on Truth Social calling Baltimore "out of control" and "crime ridden." He also threatened to send the military into the city to "clean up" crime – like his ongoing deployment of National Guard troops to Washington.

The pair have fought in recent days over Trump's characterizations of Baltimore as overrun by crime and Moore's criticism of the police and military crackdown on Washington. In an Aug. 21 letter, Moore invited Trump to attend a Baltimore "public safety walk" in September to "discuss strategies for effective public safety policy."

"Donald Trump, if you are not willing to walk our communities, keep our name out of your mouth," he said at an event that day.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/24/trump-baltimore-bridge-funds-wes-moore/85806905007/

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Cognitive impairment and decline.

"He" didn't give MD a damn thing. That ship collision happened in 2024 and the funding was directed by Biden and provided by Congress.

This paragraph at the VERY END of the article should have been at the top for a "fact check" -

After former President Joe Biden's administration released an initial $60 million in emergency funds in the days following the disaster, a stopgap spending bill passed in December authorized federal funds to cover the cost of the replacement.