Christina Dudley is fairly certain that she and her Dudley Roan Home Team almost caused an accident on Chestnut Avenue in Hampden this week.

Amidst the recent negative discourse coming from the highest office in the country, she and her game-for-anything clients selling a row house at 3407 Chestnut Ave. decided to do something to bring a smile to people’s faces. As a result of their efforts, those driving by the nearby stop sign did a double take when an assorted cast of costumed characters appeared on the property’s front porch.

The real estate group has gained notoriety for adding a touch of cheekiness to its listings, featuring animals, superheroes, and other personalities in various backdrops. Front and center in this particular listing, a collaboration with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty, is a costumed rat—a reference to the president’s recent comments.

Joining in are a mishmash of characters who have appeared in other Dudley Roan listings. The anthropomorphized animals can be seen holding a sign carrying what has become the rallying cry for the city, We Are Baltimore.

“We just wanted to have a little fun with it,” Dudley says. “Baltimore is a very diverse city and accepting of all, and we wanted to showcase it in a better light than the press it has been getting.”

Dudley says that the whole thing came together organically. It wasn’t originally the plan to have any animals appear in this particular listing, but the timing ended up being too good to pass up. Donning the costumes are employees of Dudley Roan, as well as a few of Dudley’s very gracious friends.

As for the house itself, it has four bedrooms, 1.5 baths, and a new porch and kitchen. Prospective home buyers have taken notice, too. Dudley says that in the 24 hours the listing has been up, they’ve already scheduled six showings. It’s a clear sign that the city is responding and noticing efforts big and small to bring something fun and light in what has been a tumultuous time.

“Everything has been really positive,” Dudley says. “This was a team effort. We wanted to get the message out that Baltimore is a great city.”

On the heels of a Washington Post report on House Republicans’ plans for a policy conference at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in September—an event the president traditionally attends and addresses—and an invitation from Rep. Elijah Cummings, there is rising speculation surrounding whether President Trump will visit Baltimore in the coming months.

By this point, the president’s attacks against Baltimore City and Rep. Elijah Cummings have been well documented. The latest development came this weekend, when Cummings declared at the opening of the McCullough Street Nature Play Space in West Baltimore that the president was welcome to visit. “Do not just criticize us,” he said. “But come to Baltimore and I promise you, you will be welcomed.” Whether Trump will heed Cummings’ invitation remains to be seen.

“One of the reasons why people are critical of the president for doing what he’s doing is when the President of the United States speaks negatively of a city, it has a huge effect,” says Greg Kline, co-founder of Red Maryland, a conservative media network. “It sends a message far and wide. I think he’s very likely to go [to Baltimore], if nothing else to avoid someone like Congressman Cummings saying he’s afraid to go there.”

Despite Washington, D.C. being a short commute away, the president has never made an appearance in Baltimore since being elected. (Last December, plans for him to visit Rev. Donté Hickman of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore were scrapped at the last minute.) He did, however, visit during his campaign, holding a rally that was attended by both protesters and supporters at the Baltimore Convention Center.

After the events of the past week, there were those who felt compelled to share their love for the city by posting photos of their favorite spots on social media. And as Towson University history professor Richard Vatz puts it, there is a stark divide between Republicans who defended the president, and Democrats who find his tweets offensive. This chasm is a marker for how a potential visit might play out.

Goucher associate professor of political science Mileah Kromer notes that the optics of such a visit could hinge on just how the administration anticipates the reception in Baltimore. “If the administration believe they’re going to be met with overwhelming protests, there’s certainly a chance he would cancel,” she says.

There is a hope, perhaps, that if the president does visit Baltimore, whether it be in September or earlier to meet with Cummings, he might be exposed to all the positive things that the city has to offer.

Richmond Davis, who ran against Cummings in the 2018 midterm election as the Republican nominee for Congress, says he hopes that a potential speech by Trump in Baltimore could look past the vitriol and instead highlight the plight of urban areas. It could be an opportunity, he believes, to address—perhaps more tactfully–the problems that the city faces.

“I would hope he would realize that there’s more than just the trash-strewn areas that were featured on Fox News,” he says. “That is the responsibility and obligation of the president—to expose himself to as many points of view and observe as much of this country as he can.”