Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota

[mystery-ak]

 Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota
by Julia Manchester - 01/15/26 8:30 AM ET

President Trump early Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act following another shooting involving a federal agent overnight in Minnesota.

“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

The Insurrection Act allows the president to send military troops to an area in an effort to tamp down on civil unrest.

Trump’s post comes hours after a federal agent shot and injured a man on Wednesday evening in Minneapolis, sparking the latest wave of protests in the city.

The shooting further inflamed tensions in a city already on edge after an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good earlier this month.

At least 200 protesters gathered Wednesday night near the scene of the most recent incident, according to The New York Times’ estimate.

Video footage shows protesters overnight taunting and throwing rocks and other objects at law enforcement, as gas clouds filled the streets. Officers wearing gas masks and helmets fired tear gas and flash grenades in protesters’ direction, The Associated Press reported.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690449-donald-trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/

[rustynail]

Been a lot 'threatens' lately.

[Bigun]

Been a lot 'threatens' lately.

WAY too many in fact!

[Polly Ticks]

Trump’s post comes hours after a federal agent shot and injured a man who, along with two other men, were attacking the officer on Wednesday evening in Minneapolis, sparking the latest wave of protests in the city.

The shooting further inflamed tensions in a city already on edge after an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good earlier this month as she was trying to run him down with her vehicle..

Fixed it.  The Hill is ridiculous.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Flood the zone with every available civilian Federal law enforcement officer - FBI, ATF, DEA, Secret Service, Park Service Rangers ... any civilian officer with a badge and a gun to backup ICE.

Setup shop on Federal military installations for physical security and specialized cross-agency felon apprehension and hostile urban infiltration and evacuation training.

Equip the "Foreign Fugitive Aprehension Task Force" with helicopters for surveillance and crowd control; and Humvees to mitigate the threat posed by hostile civilian motor vehicles.

ICE is up against an entire local population that is hostile to them and their mission.  They need to train, equip, and plan accordingly.

[Cyber Liberty]

Stop threatening, start doing.

[Kamaji]

Forget the Insurrection Act.  Hire some good RICO attorneys and start criminal RICO proceedings against every protestor you can identify using facial recognition or other means, and go after the groups that are organizing them, the groups that are training them, and the organizations that are funding it all.  That means up to and including Soros, who is part of a RICO conspiracy. 

[DefiantMassRINO]

Bring in forensic accountants to trace the money back to its ultimate source to ascertain the structure of the corrupt enterpise behind that attacks on ICE agents.

It was an accountant that put Al Capone in Federal prison.

Who is giving these unemployable nitwits and their agitators the resources to conspire and organize to interfere with Law enforcement?

[Kamaji]

Bring in forensic accountants to trace the money back to its ultimate source to ascertain the structure of the corrupt enterpise behind that attacks on ICE agents.

It was an accountant that put Al Capone in Federal prison.

Who is giving these unemployable nitwits and their agitators the resources to conspire and organize to interfere with Law enforcement?

Exactly.  That’s part of what RICO facilitates.  It’s not sexy but it gets results. 

[verga]

Stop threatening, start doing.

Absolutely

[Cyber Liberty]

Absolutely

The time to do it was last week when that woman tried to run down an ICE Agent with her car and got killed for her trouble.

[Polly Ticks]

The time to do it was last week when that woman tried to run down an ICE Agent with her car and got killed for her trouble.

Seriously.  Who could not have predicted the mobs and chaos?  Why not get ahead of it and use an ounce of prevention instead of a pound of cure.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2011827064551166190

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2011806116812910826

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2011821227128598962

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/2011805106979615196

[Cyber Liberty]

It's past time.  It's starting to look like Trump's lead advisor is Pam Bondi.

[mystery-ak]

Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota if agitators keep attacking federal officers
Trump's warning comes after a second ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis in recent days
Greg Norman-Diamond By Greg Norman-Diamond Fox News
Published January 15, 2026 8:19am EST | Updated January 15, 2026 11:53am EST

President Donald Trump warned Thursday that he would invoke the Insurrection Act if people in Minnesota don't obey the law and continue attacking federal agents there.

"If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The president's warning comes after a second ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis in recent days.

An ICE agent shot an alleged illegal immigrant in the leg on Wednesday during an arrest attempt. The Department of Homeland Security claims the agent fired at the suspect because he was "fearing for his life and safety" after the individual resisted arrest and "violently assaulted the officer."

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-invoke-insurrection-act-minnesota-agitators-keep-attacking-federal-officers

[mystery-ak]

Your threats mean nothing..you are beginning to sound like O'Bama with *crossing the red line* do something!...

[Canuck Conservative]

Notice how, in the many pictures & videos posted over the last week, Minneapolis Police are nowhere to be seen, despite rampant lawlessness (even violence) taking place? (Are they being told to stand down?)

Refusal by local authorities to enforce existing laws is an abdication of duty, and clear justification for invoking the Insurrection Act.

[Cyber Liberty]

Your threats mean nothing..you are beginning to sound like O'Bama with *crossing the red line* do something!...

Notice how, in the many pictures & videos posted over the last week, Minneapolis Police are nowhere to be seen, despite rampant lawlessness (even violence) taking place? (Are they being told to stand down?)

Refusal by local authorities to enforce existing laws is an abdication of duty, and clear justification for invoking the Insurrection Act.

Exactly, Trump is justified right now!  This dithering is making him look like Jimmy Carter.

[Kamaji]

Exactly, Trump is justified right now!  This dithering is making him look like Jimmy Carter.

 No, it’s not.  Invoking the Insurrection Act is a big deal, and should only be done after the state has been given copious warnings.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Don't make me stop this car ... I really mean it this time.

[Cyber Liberty]

No, it’s not.  Invoking the Insurrection Act is a big deal, and should only be done after the state has been given copious warnings.

Walz has responded to every warning with deeper threats and cops are being ordered to stand down as firearms are being stolen!  At what point are warnings sufficient enough?

[libertybele]

The Insurrection Act should have been invoked during the Floyd trials and while they rioted and cities burned.  Trump did nothing.  Here we sit. He's given warning before and did nothing!!

Yes, it is a very big deal but it is a big deal when federal agents are being harmed, threatened and attacked and our cities are being destroyed.  Mayhem is taking over.

Trump needs to do it and do it NOW!!!  Otherwise the leftists/marxists bat crap crazies will see think that he and his whole administration is bluffing once again.  That is what is a big deal and cannot be allowed to happen

[DefiantMassRINO]

Walz isn't going to do crap.

The lifeblood of Liberalism is other people's money.

The Feds are going to have to cut off all Federal funds to Minnesota state government and Minneapolis/St. Paul city Governments.

Feds could continue to give funds directly to Minnesota municipalities and counties that are not 'Sanctuary' jurisdictions.

[Cyber Liberty]

The Insurrection Act should have been invoked during the Floyd trials and while they rioted and cities burned.  Trump did nothing.  Here we sit. He's given warning before and did nothing!!

Yes, it is a very big deal but it is a big deal when federal agents are being harmed, threatened and attacked and our cities are being destroyed.  Mayhem is taking over.

Trump needs to do it and do it NOW!!!

The insurrectionists have started looting firearms from ICE vehicles!  What more justification is required?  Shots fired, and only if it can be proven a gun stolen from ICE was used?

WTF is it going to take??

[libertybele]

The insurrectionists have started looting firearms from ICE vehicles!  What more justification is required?  Shots fired, and only if it can be proven a gun stolen from ICE was used?

WTF is it going to take??

Trump has absolutely NOTHING to lose!!!  He is NOT up for re-election and last time he held back it cost him the election!  It's making MAGA targets and insignificant.

I agree!!! WTF is it going to take???

[Kamaji]

Walz has responded to every warning with deeper threats and cops are being ordered to stand down as firearms are being stolen!  At what point are warnings sufficient enough?

When more concrete action is taken.

[Cyber Liberty]

When more concrete action is taken.

People are being shot, killed and firearms are being looted from ICE vehicles.  There was less justification for declaring an Insurrection when it was to enforce Brown vs Board of Education!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Your threats mean nothing..you are beginning to sound like O'Bama with *crossing the red line* do something!...

Your frustration is understandable, but the anti-icers own the optics and they don't show a threat rising to the level of federal military intervention ....  I don't know how one counters this.

[Cyber Liberty]

Your frustration is understandable, but the anti-icers own the optics and they don't show a threat rising to the level of federal military intervention ....  I don't know how one counters this.

Please read my post right above yours.

[rustynail]

Insurrection Act tomorrow.

[Right_in_Virginia]

WTF is it going to take???

A grassroots understanding why the Insurrection Act applies and how it would work.

[DefiantMassRINO]

A Roman Emperor may have waited until unwashed mob masses clamor for the Emperor to do something, anything, to restore order and normalcy.

It's easier to crush your enemies when you have the fickle mob on your side.

[Right_in_Virginia]

A Roman Emperor may wait until unwashed mob masses clamor for the Emperor to do something, anything, to restore order and normalcy.

A free people allowing the federal military to set up camps in their town is hardly the same as this ⬆️ tripe.

[BobfromWB]

Forget the Insurrection Act.  Hire some good RICO attorneys and start criminal RICO proceedings against every protestor you can identify using facial recognition or other means, and go after the groups that are organizing them, the groups that are training them, and the organizations that are funding it all.  That means up to and including Soros, who is part of a RICO conspiracy.

But Blondi would have to grow a spine or at least vacate the Fox News Green Room ...

[Cyber Liberty]

A grassroots understanding why the Insurrection Act applies and how it would work.

Are you saying the criteria hasn't been met yet?  What would it take?  Please explain how I'm getting it wrong.

[BobfromWB]

Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota if agitators keep attacking federal officers

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-invoke-insurrection-act-minnesota-agitators-keep-attacking-federal-officers

Trump threatens to attack in Iran, if thugs keep murdering civilians.

Trump threatens Zelenski, if he does not accept Russia's "peace" terms.


More threats to follow ...

[Cyber Liberty]

Trump threatens to attack in Iran, if thugs keep murdering civilians.

Trump threatens Zelenski, if he does not accept Russia's "peace" terms.


More threats to follow ...

He's developing a reputation as a Jimmy Carter.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump threatens to attack in Iran, if thugs keep murdering civilians.

More threats to follow ...

@BobfromWB

Israel Watches Iran Protests Closely, but Is Wary of Intervening
Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.
NY Times, Jan 15, 2026

[...]

Israeli analysts predict that the current wave of demonstrations in Iran will be short-lived. The protesters lack leadership and the means to defend themselves, they said, pointing to reports this week that Iranian security forces had killed thousands of demonstrators.

“If there were millions of people on the street, it would be very difficult to stop them. You cannot kill everyone,” said Sima Shine, a veteran former Iran expert at Israel’s Mossad spy agency. “But we don’t see millions. We see thousands. And this regime knows how to handle that. Their first tool is to kill people, and to make sure that everybody knows that they’re killing.”

Israeli analysts say the protests are being suppressed in part by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its volunteer militia, the Basij.

Both are highly motivated to defend the existing power structure because their fates are tied to that of the government, which has brutalized the Iranian people for years, said Zohar Palti, formerly the head of the Mossad’s intelligence directorate.

“If the regime changes, they’re dead,” he added. “That’s the reason they’re killing people in the streets.”

A successful uprising would require a well-organized opposition capable of keeping pressure on Iran even in the face of sustained, violent repression, said Eyal Hulata, who was Israel’s national security adviser from 2021 to 2023.

“This is something that is lacking in Iran, and this is the main reason why everyone is a bit skeptical that this might actually succeed,” he said.

More:  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/middleeast/israel-iran-protests-netanyahu.html

Trump delays Iran strikes as aides and Israel raise concerns
Axios, Jan 16, 2026

[...]

Zoom in: Israeli officials are among those that have expressed reservations over the past 48 hours.

°. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Trump on Wednesday and asked him to wait to give Israel more time to prepare for possible Iranian retaliation, according to three U.S. sources and one Israeli source. The New York Times first reported on Netanyahu's request.

°  An Israeli source said that in addition to concerns about retaliation, the current U.S. plan includes strikes on security force targets in Iran, but is not seen by Israel as strong or effective enough to meaningfully destabilize the regime.


More:  https://www.axios.com/2026/01/15/trump-iran-strikes-israel-concern.

 

[roamer_1]

No, it’s not.  Invoking the Insurrection Act is a big deal, and should only be done after the state has been given copious warnings.

That's right. But this tool has to be taken away from the left. This abuse has been ongoing, and increasing since Kent State. There must be a means short of 'let it all burn'.

[Kamaji]

People are being shot, killed and firearms are being looted from ICE vehicles.  There was less justification for declaring an Insurrection when it was to enforce Brown vs Board of Education!

Too bad.  People get shot and killed all the time, and nothing much happens.  And ICE shouldn’t have left that vehicle alone with sensitive documents in it.

Trump’s bete noir is doing things rashly, in a hurry, without adequate preparation, and then the set back pushes back even further than if he’d done nothing.  Enforcing the antidiscrimination rules was an easier situation because more of the country supported those rules.  There is less support overall for ICE and its enforcement tactics, so even more groundwork has to be laid, and there have to be clear statements by government officials that they are in fact choosing not to enforce state law, not just statements of aspiration. 

Right now, better to wait a little longer than to, once again, go off half-cocked.  Particularly since there will be civilian casualties once the Army is sent in.  Remember the hoo-ha over the killing at Kent State?  This will be orders of magnitude greater and the agitators are well-prepared to send in the sacrificial lambs. 

[Cyber Liberty]

Too bad.  People get shot and killed all the time, and nothing much happens.  And ICE shouldn’t have left that vehicle alone with sensitive documents in it.

Trump’s bete noir is doing things rashly, in a hurry, without adequate preparation, and then the set back pushes back even further than if he’d done nothing.  Enforcing the antidiscrimination rules was an easier situation because more of the country supported those rules.  There is less support overall for ICE and its enforcement tactics, so even more groundwork has to be laid, and there have to be clear statements by government officials that they are in fact choosing not to enforce state law, not just statements of aspiration. 

Right now, better to wait a little longer than to, once again, go off half-cocked.  Particularly since there will be civilian casualties once the Army is sent in.  Remember the hoo-ha over the killing at Kent State?  This will be orders of magnitude greater and the agitators are well-prepared to send in the sacrificial lambs.

I guess it's a matter of how many lives we're willing to sacrifice.

[Sighlass]

Bring in the reinforcements and start arresting these hippy scum. Not like they are going door to door and taking guns away from law abiding citizens, they are enforcing our borders and shipping out criminal illegals. I keep wanting these reporters to ask the scrrrreching harpy liberal women how many illegals they have stuffed in their homes if they want open borders. I will not comment on what I think of the men doing it because it might get me banned.

[Smokin Joe]

Fixed it.  The Hill is ridiculous.

If they can keep their lying narrative going, they can keep up the falsely premised outrage and keep the mayhem in the streets.

They've been busted, but they are resisting arrest with every mechanism they can muster.

[DB]

I think they (federal law enforcement) should be videoing everything that goes on, both on the ground and by drone. They should be keeping track of all the cell phone activity in those areas, mapping it all to the video.

Then they should assemble multiple federal grand juries and start charging people with felonies. Then the FBI start arresting them at their homes and at their places of work, far away from all the roving gangs of protesters.

Start with the most violent ones.

One by one start plucking them away making this shit real for each one of them. All under federal jurisdiction where the local politicians, judges and law enforcement have no authority.

[Cyber Liberty]

I think they (federal law enforcement) should be videoing everything that goes on, both on the ground and by drone. They should be keeping track of all the cell phone activity in those areas, mapping it all to the video.

Then they should assemble multiple federal grand juries and start charging people with felonies. Then the FBI start arresting them at their homes and at their places of work, far away from all the roving gangs of protesters.

Start with the most violent ones.

One by one start plucking them away making this shit real for each one of them. All under federal jurisdiction where the local politicians, judges and law enforcement have no authority.

We have that technical ability, does the FBI have the testicular fortitude?

[libertybele]

A grassroots understanding why the Insurrection Act applies and how it would work.

I disagree.  Wrong is wrong and these leftists idiots can't just keep attacking and destroying property.  If they weren't taught right from wrong, they should soon learn that we have laws in this country for a reason!

[libertybele]

We have that technical ability, does the FBI have the testicular fortitude?

No, the FBI is still corrupt with an AG that is letting them run amuck.