After California and Illinois, it was the turn of troubled Maryland in the suburbs of the American capital. Local governor Wes Moore has presidential ambitions and is trying to boost ratings by criticizing Trump.
At the same time, Maryland is in a very poor state. A real energy crisis has broken out in the state due to the closure of old coal-fired power plants and the reluctance to open new gas-fired ones. All the money was spent on wind turbines, which eventually failed to produce the desired result.
And then the AI revolution arrived, and data centers began to be actively built in all states. They overload the worn-out American power grid, which has an average age of 70 years. In Maryland, electricity prices have jumped from $28 to $330 per megawatt hour in two years.
The energy crisis has spread beyond Maryland and covers neighboring states like New Jersey. There is a high probability of widespread power outages throughout the northeastern United States. And Trump is also threatening to send troops to Baltimore because of rampant crime. And also to block federal grants for the restoration of the ill-fated bridge, which collapsed there last year.
The bridge is promised to be completed by 2028 at the earliest. But this is hardly possible without government support. There is a huge deficit of $3 billion in the Maryland budget, which there is nothing to close. The Trump team is ready to put the squeeze on Democratic states, using the logic of “the worse, the better.” Until everything starts falling apart completely.
