Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, facing budget problems and President Donald Trump's dramatic efforts to downsize a federal workforce crucial to Maryland's economy, said the state must become less reliant on federal jobs and better develop other economic strengths.

The first-term governor who is considered a likely presidential candidate in 2028 criticized President Donald Trump’s administration for announcing a freeze on all federal grants and loans, including those coming to Maryland.

With $2 billion in budget cuts already on the table, Maryland officials are likely to make hundreds of millions of dollars worth of additional trims to state programs and services because of impacts of President Donald Trump’s actions in the White House,