Trump Offers Aid for Potomac River Spill in Clash With Democrats

President Donald Trump pledged federal aid to stem a Potomac River sewage spill near Washington and blamed Democrats for an environmental “calamity,” prompting a rebuttal by Maryland Governor Wes Moore.

Trump, in a social post on Monday, singled out Moore, a Democrat, for helping trigger “a massive Ecological Disaster” after the sewer break in his state on Jan. 19 that has sent millions of gallons of raw sewage into the river.

“This is the same Governor who cannot rebuild a Bridge,” Trump said, referring to the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore and efforts ...