Conservative news sites and commentators have in recent days sought to contrast the crime rates in Baltimore and Honduras, even though statistically it is difficult to compare a city with a country. Baltimore has a population of around 620,000, while that of Honduras is about 9 million.

The 2017 homicide rate in Baltimore was 56 per 100,000 people, according to FBI data. The Honduran security ministry said last year that the homicide rate in Honduras was 42.8 per 100,000 people in 2017. The rate hit a high of 85 per 100,000 in 2011, according to United Nations figures.

Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, tweeted about the statistics on Monday and opined that asylum seekers from Honduras “would be more safe staying home than they would be in Democrat-controlled, American cities.”

Trump’s remarks about the city came hours after he lashed out once again at Cummings and the “corrupt” city he represents, telling reporters outside the White House that residents of Baltimore are “living in hell.” Trump began targeting Cummings on Saturday, tweeting that “no human being would want to live” in the “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” city. The remarks prompted widespread accusations of racism, which Trump has denied.

Cummings’s district includes part of Baltimore, as well as parts of neighboring counties. As chairman of the Oversight Committee, Cummings has spearheaded investigations into Trump’s administration and financial dealings, and the Maryland Democrat has in recent weeks criticized the conditions of facilities for migrant children along the U.S.-Mexico border — drawing Trump’s ire in the process.

Cummings said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon that he “will continue to do every day what I am duty-bounded to do — help my constituents to live their best lives and serve as a check on the Executive Branch.”

Trump told The Post he had met with Cummings at the White House once to discuss drug pricing.

“He was in the Oval Office one time, and I really liked him,” Trump said.

The meeting took place in December 2017, and afterward, Cummings told reporters that Trump “was very aware of this prescription drug issue, almost every aspect of it,” according to CNN.

But the president also renewed an attack that he had made on Monday, blaming Cummings for what he described, without evidence, as “billions” of dollars in wasted federal aid aimed at revitalizing Baltimore — money that “could have built 20 brand-new cities,” Trump claimed.

“The money that’s been spent, the billions and billions and billions of dollars,” he said. “And as you know, Congressman Cummings, he has been the leader, the one that tried to get a lot of this money. He is one of the reasons the money was sent there. . . . Baltimore is a mess, and I want to help the people.”

Trump visited Baltimore as president-elect in December 2016, when he attended the Army-Navy football game. In Tuesday’s interview, the president said he would be open to visiting the city again and addressing residents, although he did not offer any specific plans.