Trump Threatens Minnesota Troops Because Protests Offend Federal Immigration Agents
KEY POINTS
- •President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act on a Thursday to deploy troops to Minneapolis without the governor's consent.
- •The move responds to protests over a surge of nearly 3,000 ICE agents in the Twin Cities after two recent shootings, including Renee Good's death.
- •Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey described the situation as 'unsustainable,' highlighting conflicts between federal agents and local law enforcement forces.
On a Thursday that must have felt like Groundhog Day, President Trump threatened to smash the usual script of the Insurrection Act by potentially deploying federal troops into Minneapolis—without the governor’s permission, mind you—to break up protests against ICE's immigration blitz. This drama follows not one but two high-profile twin-city ICE shootings in early January 2026: Renee Good, a victim fatally shot, and a Venezuelan man hit in a leg 'ambush.' Nearly 3,000 federal immigration agents now patrol the Twin Cities, outnumbering Minneapolis and St. Paul's police combined. Amid flying firework and ice attacks on cops, Mayor Jacob Frey called the situation 'unsustainable,' lamenting local police must now juggle law enforcement with neighborly battles. Trump’s Truth Social post accused Minnesota politicians of coddling 'professional agitators' attacking 'patriots of I.C.E.'—which, in reality, seems more like 'some agents getting vandalized' while cities spiral into where two branches of government are officially at war on the streets.
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When your local cops are too busy fending off federal immigration agents and neighbors throwing ice, just another Tuesday in Minneapolis.
Deploying troops against protests you caused is like hiring a firefighter who brought the fire. Genius, really.
Minnesota’s new motto: come for the protests, stay for the federal agent ambushes and police stand-offs.
Source: Axios | Published: 1/15/2026 | Author: Torey Van Oot
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