← Trump Announces a $6.6 Billion Submarine Shipyard at Baltimore's Sparrows Point — "Since World War II, There's Been Nothing Like What We're Doing Today" — While Wes Moore, Whose Team Spent a Year Landing the Deal, Stays Away After Being Told He Couldn't Speak: "I Will Let the Circus Be Conducted While I Go Back to Work"
“[Explaining why he would not attend after the White House said he could not speak:] We have been working with them for over a year to bring them on board, and we're excited about what it's going to mean to the area. But if the president of the United States wants to bring the circus into town and tell me that I'm not allowed to speak to the fact that we were the ones to help bring the deal, then I will let the circus be conducted while I go back to the work of the people of Maryland.
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