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Guard troops to Baltimore to attempt to reduce crime, and the first-term governor suggesting Trump was peddling outdated racist tropes he referred to as “blissful ignorance” to score political points.

President Trump threatened Sunday to "send in the 'troops'" to Maryland after Gov. Wes Moore (D) invited the president to walk the streets of Baltimore with him — a request Trump sharply rebuked in an escalating tit-for-tat with the Democratic governor.