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.
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.
You vote so that, when things still fail, revolution is justified.
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.
We have a gun to our head because we have two parties that are complicit in making it that way. If they had a majority theyd be feeding you a different excuse about how “now is not the time for rocking the boat. Its a time to reach across the aisle and heal the country” as they pass more bills giving Republicans everything they want. It’s as if your memory only convers the last two weeks of events and you buy all the empty gestures and lip service told to you.
There is one and only one party with a gun to your head and your complacency would allow them to keep their power.
Right. Democrats are the good guys because they say nice things on TV. It doesn’t matter that they vote with Republicans more often than not and do absolutely nothing to right the ship because Republicans are clearly the bad guys and by comic book movie logic, Democrats must be the good guys.
We must support them despite the mountains of evidence showing that they don’t give a shit about any of us and have no intention of making things better. Don’t trust your eyes and ears. Trust faith and belief.
Directly below us in this thread is a list of things that the DNC did under the Biden admin because that user made the same exact bs claim that you did.
Congratulations on your list, but this isnt the first time I’ve seen someone make a list of meaningless nonsense while pretending like it was revolutionary activism.
Wow he pardoned 2500 people with federal marijuana convictions despite none of those people actually being in prison and despite marijuana remaining illegal federally.
Wow he forgave some student loans despite doing nothing to reduce the actual cost of college.
Wow he protected LGBT servicemembers and yet they’re being thrown out of the military once again.
Wow he strengthened relations with Japan despite all of our allies hating us now.
Wow he increased funding for green energy despite that money just going to wealthy companies who didn’t need handouts in the first place.
We’ll certainly need to put Joe Biden’s name down right alongside FDR and Abraham Lincoln as one of the most impactful presidents in US history because from January 2021 to January 2025, the country was a real utopia based on that extensive list.
I’m sure your next response will be something along the lines of arguing that he didnt have the power to change anything, yet we see Trump proving daily that this isn’t true. Heck, he even had several months of being president after SCOTUS ruled that the president cant be punished for breaking the law and he still did nothing meaningful with it. You’ll respond to that with claims that he “isnt a dictator” or “it would hurt the Democrats chances of getting elected” and here we are with Republicans acting like dictators while overwhelmingly winning their elections.
Zero action with easily disproven excuse after excuse.
Funny, because when Biden didn’t do things, it was supposedly cause it took 60 Senators to wipe your ass.
Now, suddenly, it doesn’t?
The Biden Admin:
reimplemented Obama era 72 hour holding limit for the ICE and a strict criminal-only focus
expanded overtime pay eligibility to millions
forgave $186 Billion of student loans despite constant pushback from Republican AGs and courts
increased audits for the rich, which payed for itself and more
allowed over-the-counter birth control to hit the markets
pardoned thousands of marijuana convictions, commuting 2500+ sentences
awarded $286 million for schools student mental health programs
replaced more federal vehicle fleets with all electric
expanded solar and wind power across the nation
drafted new anti-redlining predatory mortgage regulations which went into effect in January
a crackdown on hidden fees from service providers, ticket sellers, and banks
forced Chinese companies to properly report SEC Filings in order to remain publicly tradeable
expanded less carbon intensive farming practices in the USA
expanded nature conservation and national parks more than any past president, including $4 Billion for the preservation of the shrinking Colorado River
cut federal funding for career training programs which trap their students in more debt relative to their post-graduation earnings
brokered a peace deal in the Congo
strengthened alliance with Japan and South Korea over countering potential threats from China and North Korea
funded medical research for things like cancer, countering the previous cuts by Republicans
helped Class-A railroad workers to have industry-wide paid sick leave, albeit after he undercut their strike he still aided them in getting all of their demands in the following months
literally penned the first and then only AI oversight and regulation with his AI Executive Order
investigated grocery store price gouging and blocked mergers such as Krogers-Albertsons
The Respect for Marriage Act which protects gay marriage
protected LGBT+ Service Members and Veterans
signed multiple executive orders protecting lgbt+ throughout the federal government including “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation” and “advance equality for LGBTQI+ individuals”
appointed the first openly LGBTQI+ Cabinet Secretary, White House Press Secretary, and White House Communications Director, the two first openly transgender people to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and the first out lesbian to achieve the rank of Ambassador.
What the Biden Admin could not do without 60 votes:
Public Option Healthcare identical to Germany’s
A constitutional ammendment reversing Citizens United. The effect of this reversal is removing all PAC money from campaign funding and limiting individual contributions
Reversing the GOP and Trump’s tax bill which had cut taxes for the rich. The GOP also raised taxes on the lowest bracket and most middle class.
Sorry, did THE PARLIAMENTARIAN approve this copy paste?
lmfao
When presented with easily verifiable facts your response is to accuse the opponent of being some kind of plant or paid troll?
Nice counter-argument, you really made yourself look so sophisticated and honest just now. /s
Is this copy paste as well?
Or do you just love your straw man that much?
Nobody mentioned paid trolls. Your argument is that Biden did minor things - that you’ve attempted to inflate, or ignore they were far below what was demanded (student debt is especially egregious here).
Just sad. And you wonder why your type keeps losing to an insane game show host?
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.
How is voting for the Democrats harm reduction though?
I didn’t say it was, I said that voting for the least-worst candidate is harm reduction. I usually add “at best” but I neglected to write it on this occasion.