A Democratic governor engaged in a heated dispute over Donald Trump’s crime policies has taken refuge at George Clooney’s estate in Italy as his conflict with the president continues.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and his wife Dawn are seeking refuge in the comforts of the Hollywood actor’s famous Lake Como villa.

The 46-year-old showcased his shirtless physique as he and Dawn soaked up the sun Monday afternoon from the deck of the movie star’s yacht.

A spokesperson from the White House told the Daily Mail: ‘Residents of Baltimore are dealing with gun violence and crime while Wes Moore escapes to Lake Como to socialize with elite Democrats.’

‘Maybe he should stay there, because he surely isn’t getting anything done in Annapolis.’

Although Clooney and his wife Amal departed Italy shortly after their brief visit to the Venice Film Festival, they have made their home available to the Moores.

The couple are said to have all the luxuries of the more than $100million Villa Oleandra estate and its service staff at their full disposal.

Moore is said to be Clooney’s pick for the Democratic presidential nominee in the 2028 election, with the actor once praising him as ‘someone we could all join in behind’.

The governor has escaped to Lake Como after he spent all last week feuding with Trump over his deployment of the National Guard into Washington DC to combat crime.

Trump threatened to send federal law enforcement to Baltimore and branded Maryland’s biggest city a ‘hell hole’ and a ‘horrible death bed’.

Moore admits more needs to be done to tackle skyrocketing crime in Baltimore, but has dismissed the idea of sending in the National Guard.

‘I would love more federal support, but federal support on things that actually make sense and not things that are performative,’ he said during an ABC interview that aired Sunday.

‘The National Guard is completely performative because the National Guard is not even trained for it.’

The Maryland governor previously described Trump’s attempt to fight inner city crime as ‘tone deaf’ and ‘ignorant.’ 

He further argued the FBI and local law enforcement would be better suited for the task than the military. 

‘It’s because they have not walked our streets,’ Moore added. ‘They have not been in our communities, and they are more than happy to keep making these repeated tropes about us.’ 

Baltimore recorded more than 2,500 crimes in the 17 days that followed Trump’s deployment of the National Guard on DC, according to recent police statistics.

The city was plagued with a slew of violence including six homicides, nine rapes, 426 assaults and 271 aggravated assaults. There were also 252 auto thefts, 155 burglaries and 439 acts of vandalism

Moore did invite Trump to come walk the streets of the city with him, but the president responded by saying he might ‘send in the troops’ instead. 

Trump said Moore’s invitation came in a ‘rather nasty and provocative tone’ and then raised the specter of repeating the National Guard deployment he made in Los Angeles despite objections from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. 

The president has also called out Moore’s admission that he lied about getting a Bronze Star for his military service on a fellowship application – which the governor has called ‘an honest mistake’.

From 1996 until 2014, Moore served in the Army Reserve where he was deployed to Afghanistan from August 2005 until March 2006.

The rising Democratic star obtained multiple service awards, including a National Defense Service Medal, but he incorrectly claimed on a 2006 application for a White House fellowship that he was awarded a Bronze Star.

When news broke of the misdeed, Trump jumped on it by posting a link to an article from The Hill covering Moore’s apology.

‘But is that the end of his political career?’ Trump asked his followers on Truth Social. ‘He was very disrespectful to the Office of the President!’

The Daily Mail has approached representatives for Moore and Clooney for comment.