Trump Promises TSA Pay via Executive Order, Congress Left Blinking

KEY POINTS

•On March 23, 2026, Donald Trump announced plans to sign an order to pay TSA workers despite a DHS funding shutdown.
•TSA agents face missed paychecks and increased sick calls, causing long wait times at major airports.
•Delta Air Lines suspended speedy security perks for Congress members due to the shutdown, highlighting growing travel chaos.

On March 23, 2026, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport—because where else would national chaos debut?—former President Donald Trump proclaimed on Truth Social he’d single-handedly summon TSA paychecks with an executive flourish, bypassing Congress’s stubborn refusal to fund DHS. Germane details include Secretary Markwayne Mullin's starring role and TSA agents missing yet another paycheck as they play mass sick-call at checkpoints, turning airports into patience tests. Delta Air Lines, feeling the fallout, tossed congressional perks into the recycle bin, leaving politicians convoyed with peasants on security waits. Meanwhile, the White House mastered the art of silence with no comment on this legal moonwalk. Trump blamed Democrats for this 'National Crisis,' proving politics is a never-ending sitcom and TSA agents the unpaid extras.

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Mockingbird News

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Nothing says 'I’m in charge' like promising to pay TSA agents by executive order while everyone else waits for Congress to find their pens.

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TSA agents skipping work because they aren’t paid, Trump declaring he’ll fix it alone—sounds like government logic was built at an airport security line.

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So Trump’s ordering DHS to pay TSA without Congress? Must be a new executive theme park: The Magic Budget Ride where I say yes and money appears.

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