Trump is persona non grata in one of America's largest cities.
Bloomberg reports, "The mayor of Baltimore asked President Donald Trump to cancel a planned visit to the city on Monday to celebrate the U.S. Memorial Day holiday, noting the Maryland city is still under a stay-at-home order to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
"Trump is planning to visit the Fort McHenry National Monument for the holiday. The city’s mayor, Jack Young, said Trump’s travel would set a poor example for the city’s residents."
Young said the city “simply can’t afford” the local costs of Trump’s trip.
The White House said Trump wouldn’t change plans.
In 2017 and 2018, Trump stayed in the Washington area for Memorial Day, and in 2019 Trump traveled to Japan. In 2020, in the midst of pandemic that has cost the lives of 97,635 Americans in three months, during which Maryland and Baltimore in particular were hit particularly hard, Trump decides to visit Baltimore, placing another enormous burden on that city and state.
Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's office has said he's celebrating at home on Monday and won't be attending the President's visit to the site.