In a speech last week, Moore suggested the president visit Maryland’s biggest city and “walk our streets and not just talk about us from the Oval Office,” as he touted cutting the violent crime rate and reducing the number of vacant homes throughout the city.

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Guard troops to Baltimore to attempt to reduce crime, and the first-term governor suggesting Trump was peddling outdated racist tropes he referred to as “blissful ignorance” to score political points.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 Donald Trump has considered sending National Guard troops to five major cities across the U.S., including Baltimore.