When a reporter asked Trump on Thursday evening whether or not he would be drawing back in Minneapolis, he responded: “Well, we want to keep our country safe. We’ll do whatever we can to keep our country safe.”
“So, not pulling back?” the reporter asked.
“No, no, not at all,” the president said.
This stands in stark contrast to what his administration has said this week.
After federal agents killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, Senate Democrats had threatened a government shutdown over the inclusion of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding and, within it, a historic increase to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) budget.
Seemingly in response, the Trump administration scrambled to claw back some of its messaging.
The White House reneged on top officials’ comments calling Pretti an “assassin” and “terrorist,” and the administration booted Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino from his position overseeing the raid in Minneapolis. The new chief of Operation Metro Surge, “border czar” Tom Homan, assured the media that the operation was going to “draw down.” Trump himself said on Tuesday that “we’re going to deescalate a little bit” in Minneapolis.
And, for good measure, Trump administration insiders leaked some stories to the media about turmoil within Trump’s cabinet about immigration policy.
Just hours after Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced that they had reached a deal to avert a shutdown, however, Trump changed his tune. That deal, which would give DHS two weeks of funding to operate while negotiations are ongoing, was announced Thursday afternoon.
Trump’s comments lend credence to critics who said that the administration was only posturing about deescalating while never planning to do so.
The Senate still hasn’t passed the funding package due to some Republican holdouts. However, other Republicans have framed the negotiations as a win — and critics have slammed the deal as one that disproportionately benefits Trump.
The threat of a government shutdown was a major leverage point for Democrats. It would begin this weekend, just a week after federal agents’ killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, giving Democrats power over Republicans to extract concessions on the Trump administration’s ICE operation.
Trump was desperate to avoid it — especially after his party shouldered much of the blame for the historically long shutdown last year. In a post on Truth Social on Thursday evening, he lauded the package.
Meanwhile, critics have slammed Schumer for the deal, which only buys Republicans time to distance themselves from the Pretti killing and continue the administration’s raids in Minneapolis and other cities unhindered.
“Leader Schumer should ask the Minnesotans who are watching their neighbors get killed in cold blood if a deal with no plan to stop ICE is enough right now,” said MoveOn Civic Action.
Who could have predicted this. Shocker.
Democrats are the worst version of Charlie Brown and Lucy.
It’s long past time for the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries to get the hook, and be dragged off stage.
Then maybe continue dragging to the bottom of a lake.
So… You’ve got the Nazi party on one side and the Origami one on the other?
Chuck Schumer is not the main problem. He was elected Senate minority leader by the rest of the Democrats in the Senate and he could be removed by the rest of the Democrats in the Senate if they wanted to. The problem is that they don’t want to because they support what he’s doing.
You cannot vote out the problem, when the system is the problem. As we’ve seen from the recent Trump(Epstein) Files, the legal system exists to protect the ultra wealthy. The FBI has known about Trump’s activities since the 90’s and have done nothing to prosecute him.
You can’t bring down The Master’s House with The Master’s Tools. We want change, justices, and liberty then we have to be willing to tear down the system The Oligarchs have built for themselves to keep the rest of us enslaved.
Believing otherwise is just a waste of energy and effort at this point.
This is the main problem https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
The problem is unfortunately much, much larger than just AIPAC. The problem is the system itself. If you somehow defeat AIPAC, another lobbyist group would take its place. The entire system must be changed completely, a process known as revolution
Campaign Finance Reform is the issue from which ALL other issues flow.
It’s also the issue Obama said would probably never see change because the people who benefit from it are the only ones who can change it.
The entire system must be changed completely, a process known as revolution
That’s what Trump is doing.
Actively using the infrastucture that exists- to cause misery, death, and pain for the express reason of causing such- isn’t a revolution.
Yes it is.
No, it’s called “suppression” or “tyranny”
I’m reminded of the Muse lyrics:
We need a transformation
One we all can see
We need a revolution
So long as we stay free
Exactly. We the people elected lots of worthless Democrats by voting blue-no-matter-who, and those worthless Democrats elected Chuck Schumer as Most Worthless Democrat.
This traitor isn’t coming to save America he’s Israel first all the way.
Is Chuck Schumer
A. a fool
B. a Republican
C. corrupt
D. a fraud
E. a coward, or
F. all of the above?
He’s an idiot. He’s playing politics like it’s the 90’s, long before 9/11 and the massive spread of right-wing radicals across the world. In 1985, this might even work. He’s old. This is why we need people who can at least use a gosh damn smartphone.
You forgot
Traitor Bitch ass mother fucker Clown shoes
After federal agents killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, Senate Democrats had threatened a government shutdown over the inclusion of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding and, within it, a historic increase to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) budget.
Seemingly in response, the Trump administration scrambled to claw back some of its messaging.
Just hours after Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced that they had reached a deal to avert a shutdown, however, Trump changed his tune.
Chuck Schumer, somehow the only man worse at making business deals than Donald Trump.
What. The. Fuck. Is wrong with this stupid fucking coward? You essentially had your enemy by the testicles. You finally had the upper hand, and you give him a two weeks grace period?
And to the surprise of nobody, he immediately does what he obviously was going to do the entire time.
I get you don’t want to sink to the Republican level of refusing to ever compromise, but this wasn’t about taxes. It wasn’t even about healthcare. It was about funding the fucking gestapo, and rather than refusing you willingly compromised?
Did you at least negotiate for that seriously ill 5 year old kid to get some healthcare? Or maybe demand clean food and water for the people being held in these fucking sardine cans making evil rich fuckers trillions of dollars? Did you get DHS immigration oversight reestablished? Please tell me you got some kind of guarantee that things would improve on literally any level for any of the people currently being forced to suffer for no reason other than so selfish assholes can continue to profit. Because if not,
WHAT THE FUCK, DID YOU GET OUT OF THIS DEAL YOU FUCKING COWARD?
You should stop viewing the Democratic party as anything but a controlled opposition. Are their individuals within it that are exceptions? Absolutely, any good controlled opposition party will allow a percentage of good people in it to further legitimize it. They may even be able to get small positive changes passed. Again, further keeping you believing that the system works. “We just need more good people”. But that is a lie.
Uneducated people fall for the reactionary lies of the Republican party. Educated people fall for the comforting lies of the Democratic party.
There is only one party in this country and that party serves the interest of the capitalist class.
Once you accept this reality you’ll be less frustrated and instead filled with rage. We need your rage to manifest into action and organization; not your frustration that only keeps you inactive.
Find DSA, PSL, or other immigrant rights organizations in your area. Learn from what Minnesota has built in its resistance and prepare with your community for when your neighbors and you inevitably are the targets. Washington is not going to stop doing what the rich command. They’ll burn the whole country down around them to keep their power and pedophile islands.
You’re still assuming Chuck Schumer is against Trump. He’s not. They’re on the same side. This isn’t a battle between political parties. It’s a battle against the rich and everyone else. Schumer isn’t bad at making deals. He’s excellent at making people think he’s trying.
I’d disagree only with that last part. His role isn’t to make people think he’s trying. Quite the opposite. His role is to be a dumping ground for the frustration of the Democratic party. His role is to tank the majority of the criticism. “We just need to replace Schumer”, “We just need to overturn the fillabuster”, “We just need to overturn citizens United”, “We just need to vote blue no matter who”.
The constant lies that liberal voters believe that keeps them inactive in anything but electoral politics. When you believe the system is fixable by a set of specific goals you remain fighting within that system instead of fighting against it.
In “conspiracy land” nobody is stupid, bad at their job, incompetent, or makes mistakes. There are no coincidences. Everything is done on purpose and it’s successful.
You then just warp everybody’s motives to fit your new conclusions.
You’re right, no one ever does anything on purpose. Somehow the richest and most powerful people in the world are all stupid, bad at their job, incompetent, and make mistakes. There are only coincidences. Nothing is done on purpose.
Somehow the richest and most powerful people in the world are all stupid, bad at their job, incompetent, and make mistakes.
HAVE YOU HEARD ELON MUSK SPEAK? Or TRUMP for that matter? These people are morons.
He’s excellent at making people think he’s trying.
Is he, though?
USA Today:
The legislation, which cleared the Senate by a 71-29 vote, extends spending for the Department of Homeland Security − which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol − for just two weeks while lawmakers negotiate over ICE reforms, and funds other government agencies through September.
He gets funding through September for programs and authorities which actually help people, and if the other reconciliation bill passes the house then they get ICE Reforms but that’s less likely now that Trump is rejecting any such reforms.
I assume the goal is to neuter ICE and maintain funding for things like FEMA and the TSA, right? What would shutting down DHS right now do that couldn’t be accomplished over the next two weeks? If DHS shut down right now, ICE still operates, because they already have $72 billion allotted from the “BBB.”
That Republicans agree to fully fund the government without fully funding DHS is a serious win for Democrats. Agreeing to this current deal is a no-brainer and is not “folding.” I’ll reserve my judgment for how things end up after the next two weeks
What would shutting down DHS right now do that couldn’t be accomplished over the next two weeks?
2 people were (I believe intentionally) murdered in a little over 2 weeks this past month. DHS is currently holding Minnesota hostage to get them to agree to force their local police to turn people over for ICE, and seem to be escalating.
Now DHS has 2 more weeks to turn up the pressure on local officials by commiting more murders and causing more chaos.
They’ve also just started a warehouse buying spree so they can detain even more people.
Again, this might be a logical argument if we were talking about a normal Republican vs Democrat disagreement. We’re not. A 2 week grace period for terrorists to keep terrorizing America makes no fucking sense. I’m not sure if there has ever been such an obvious justification for a shutdown.
The people supporting the terrorists would be blamed for that shutdown. The ball has truly never been more in Schumer’s court. It was so obvious even Trump who is barely cognizant of reality anymore due to dementia, was aware of it and actually worried instead of doubling down for once.
You’re asking what can the evil villain holding the entire world hostage do, when you let him off with a slap on the wrist, after he thought he might have actually gotten caught this time? Obviously he will do what he always does. Double down and escalate. Do whatever he has to do to get what he wants and take back the narrative; false flag attacks, distractions, literally nothing is off the table…This has to be obvious to people. These are not normal shitty politicians these are terrorists!
But the question still remains, what would be accomplished by shutting down DHS right now, given that ICE already has $72 billion appropriated to them and would continue to operate no matter what? If the goal is to rein in ICE or abolish ICE, how do you realistically get there this way?
Because Trump was actually scared that the government was going to shut down, and there would be no way for him to offset the blame. Schumer just took the burden off of his shoulders.
Let the government shutdown and refuse to compromise until there are actual consequences for what has happened.
This was their chance to make a list of demands, and instead of something bold but still very reasonable like:
•Make border patrol leave Minneapolis immediately
•Fire every ICE agent who was hired during the period when Miller demanded flooding the zone and bypassing background checks. If people want to reapply through the proper process and pass background checks they can. This is not only reasonable it should be fucking mandatory for liability reasons, it shows consequences, and at least slows the damage being inflicted.
•Last I checked, DHS was refusing to even identify who shot Pretti or release the body cam footage that allegedly exists. I know Schumer is asking ICE not be allowed to wear masks to prevent this in the future, but this information should be released immediately and there should be consequences for DHS ever refusing to comply with public accountability.
•Give local officials more power and autonomy when it comes to reigning DHS in, because they’re definitely not stopping this shit anytime soon. If you want to prevent a civil war, something like this is not only very reasonable it’s very necessary.
Instead the demands are things like “agree to no longer deport U.S. citizens.” In other words “please start following the law.” You don’t have to sink to your enemy’s low and refusal to compromise to play hardball, but even now when shit is this serious, Schumer and Jefferies seem to be incapable of doing anything other than placating the administration.
I’m not even in the “there’s no difference between the Democrats and Republicans so why bother,” propaganda camp, but I do know for a fact there often isn’t a difference in who funds both sides. So either they’re: A. Really bad at their jobs, B. More concerned about pleasing their donors than protecting America, or C. They have something like Stockholm or battered wives syndrome. Most likely it’s D. Some combination of all of the above.
This is why we need to get dark money out of politics. Any politician who doesn’t want the job without the extra kickbacks, and complains about the measley 6 figure tax funded salary they’re expected to live on (and believe me this would be the majority of politicians on both sides) should have been forced out of the game a long time ago.
There is popular support to abolish ICE, but the democrats would never do it because most democrats actually support ICE.
We (leftists) have been telling you since forever, the democrats are 90% as bad as Republicans. We need to get rid of both parties, they are enemies of the people.
How exactly would the Democrats do that, having control of none of the branches of the federal government?
The Government has not yet averted the Shutdown, the House has to vote on the version of the bill handed to them by the Senate which includes DNC demands on changes to ICE and DHS procedures.
Given Trump’s statement on this, it probably won’t pass.
However, a bill has passed with funds the government through September but only funds the DHS and ICE for 2 weeks.
If the DNC are smart about this then they will fund the government but just let DHS funding lapse just like the GOP did to the Medicaid premiums deal.
I’m a Democratic Senator and I hear you LOUD and CLEAR! FUND ICE!
You can have your fun dice after you stop ice
Or they don’t pass it out right so DHS gets nothing and we apply the same economic pressure like last time (seriously the shutdown only failed because Democrats caved despite the politics where in their favor.)
Your suggestion is equivalent to the last line of my comment.
If I understand correctly you are arguing for the DHS funding to fail in the house correct?
Yes. Oh, sorry, was your stance a complete shutdown?
The only way to stop fascism is to make them hurt.
Yes. Complete shutdown. Wake people the fuck up.
Just shut down the fucking government already.
They’d have to be opposed to what ICE is doing to consider that.
ABWD amirite?
What’s that?
Why does his neck look like an old woman’s pussy
He’s well known for his neckussy
Shit like this makes me throw in the towel of caring about politics. I don’t want to vote for anyone anymore. When nobody wants to hold active traitors accountable for their destructive actions, what’s the fucking point anymore?
Dems are just hoping for people to vote for them this year but they’re not making very convincing arguments as to why we should, after we’ve seen them fold and fold again to an active threat to everyone’s lives.
Your feelings are completely valid. I have been telling people for a long time, voting is harm prevention and nothing more. Voting can’t solve the issues we have, only revolution can do that. Vote for the least worst option and take part in activist efforts, and someday soon, the US will be free.
You vote so that, when things still fail, revolution is justified.
When nobody wants to hold active traitors accountable for their destructive actions, what’s the fucking point anymore?
To help other people even if you don’t get the things you want. Plenty of politicians fucking suck. Most of them suck actually. Very few are as punitive and destructive as the oligarchs who give Trump his orders.
Also if you don’t like your house rep or senator vote for one you do like or run yourself. My house rep is not the most amazing, he also isn’t dollar tree shitler. My senators both suck, but they keep getting re-elected. I still vote just to vote against them.
Idk if anyone is going to primary Schumer, but maybe somebody is. If they’re in your district why not put your support behind them? It’s hard to pretend you care about the death of democracy if you can’t even be bothered to exercise your rights that shitler and the gang keep “joking” about getting rid of. This apathy bullshit just helps spread disinformation and emoldens shitty politicians to feel like they can get away with this shitty behavior. If you don’t care why would they?
If you need a more convincing argument than “vote for us or our opponents will shoot you in the head” then idk what to tell you, man. At least look at the situation from a less biased source of news, first: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/30/government-shutdown-2026-live-updates/88420111007/
It’s pretty sad that this is the most convincing argument a Democratic supporter can come up with. “We won’t shoot you in the head (but we’ll let other people do it)” is all they’re willing to offer and you still argue that they deserve anything from us.
DNC has 45 senators
GOP has 53
That’s why you have a gun to your head, idiot.
