President Trump presented the political leadership of Minnesota with a choice.

He laid it out on Truth Social for them. You can either stop being a sanctuary state/city, or you can have ICE picking up illegal criminal aliens off your streets. Pick one.

I won the Election in a Historic Landslide, and Republicans won Majorities in both the House and Senate, in large part, because we pledged to SEAL THE BORDER, which we have done, and launch the largest Mass Deportation of Illegal Alien Criminals in American History. This Deportation effort is underway, and in Republican run Cities and States, these operations are going peacefully and smoothly, because Local Law Enforcement Officers are allowed to work with their Federal counterparts. For example, in the five Republican run States of Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Louisiana, ICE has arrested 150,245 Criminal Illegal Aliens over the past year — with ZERO protests, riots, or chaos. Why? Because Local Police and ICE are cooperating and working together.

Meanwhile, Democrat run Sanctuary Cities and States are REFUSING to cooperate with ICE, and they are actually encouraging Leftwing Agitators to unlawfully obstruct their operations to arrest the Worst of the Worst People! By doing this, Democrats are putting Illegal Alien Criminals over Taxpaying, Law-Abiding Citizens, and they have created dangerous circumstances for EVERYONE involved. Tragically, two American Citizens have lost their lives as a result of this Democrat ensued chaos.

That is why I am hereby calling on Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and EVERY Democrat Governor and Mayor in the United States of America to formally cooperate with the Trump Administration to enforce our Nation’s Laws, rather than resist and stoke the flames of Division, Chaos, and Violence:

1. Governor Walz and Mayor Frey should turn over all Criminal Illegal Aliens that are currently incarcerated in their State Prisons and Jails to Federal Authorities, along with all Illegal Criminals with an active warrant or known Criminal History, for Immediate Deportation.

2. State and Local Law Enforcement must agree to turn over all Illegal Aliens arrested by Local Police.

3. Local Police must assist Federal Law Enforcement in apprehending and detaining Illegal Aliens who are wanted for Crimes.

4. Democrat Politicians must partner with the Federal Government to protect American Citizens in the rapid removal of all Criminal Illegal Aliens in our Country. Some Democrats, in places like Memphis, Tennessee, or Washington, D.C., have done so, resulting in safer streets for ALL.

Trump's not backing down. Good. This is exactly the choice Democrats should be forced to make: you can be sanctuary states/cities or you can have ICE off your streets. But you have to choose one or the other. Because you don't get both. https://t.co/ThZPuvJaFm

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) January 25, 2026

So, what has Tim Walz decided to do? Send out the Minnesota National Guard… to serve hot chocolate, coffee, and donuts to the protesters. They said it was their “demonstration of safety and security.” Plus they are wearing those snazzy neon yellow vests so that the protesters know that they are the friendly neighborhood National Guard, not those icky federal LEOs. Are we living in the Twilight Zone?

But when night fell, the National Guard was nowhere to be seen, and the protesters began smashing and vandalizing a hotel because they believed ICE was in the building.

The large mob descended on the Home Suites by Hilton Hotel in St. Paul late Sunday night, as tensions gripped the Twin Cities just one day after Border Patrol agents shot and killed protester Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis.

Many were blowing whistles and clacking bells while demonstrators at the front of the horde tried to violently force their way through the hotel’s front doors, according to a video taken by The Post.

An officer with the Minneapolis Police Department stood just behind the glass doors and repeatedly yanked them shut as one particularly agitated man tried to use a garbage can to wedge it open.

The group eventually stopped trying to bust inside, but remained right at the entrance, staring down the security while banging shovels and cans against the concrete. Others in the back started flashing strobe lights, according to the clip.

I guess the donuts didn’t help calm them down.

Earlier today, the National Guard was handing out coffee & donuts to “protestors,” now they are allowing this https://t.co/4b8djsOk4V

— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) January 26, 2026

This will totally get ICE to leave Minneapolis. No doubt. Tim Walz is so proud.

https://t.co/ifafjo5NxV pic.twitter.com/9H7Xuyx3zq

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 26, 2026

The Minneapolis Police Department finally responded after federal LEOs attempted to clear the area, but where the hell was the National Guard? Are they just the concession stand for the protesters? Or are they actually going to DO something useful?

While the most recent shooting has caused chaos on the streets, it is notable that not all LEOs on the ground are happy with how the Department of Homeland Security is portraying the shooting. Even President Trump has said that the administration is “reviewing” what happened.

Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Trump stopped short of confirming whether the federal agent who fired the fatal shots on Jan. 24 acted appropriately.

“We’re looking, we’re reviewing everything and will come out with a determination,” Trump told the outlet as questions mounted over the incident and the broader immigration operation in the city.

“I don’t like any shooting. I don’t like it,” Trump said, adding that Pretti carried “a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines… That doesn’t play good either.”

But that isn’t calming the angry horde smashing up a hotel. They have been fully mobilized to carry out the bidding of organized groups to block law enforcement from arresting criminals and investigating fraud. Why? Who is benefiting from keeping the fraud in Minnesota uninvestigated and covered up? Not the taxpayer, whose money is being wasted. Who is benefiting from criminal illegal aliens walking freely in Minnesota? Not the Trump administration, which is struggling with the optics when the media wishes to push their agenda. Why are Tim Walz and Jacob Frey, Peggy Flanagan, and Keith Ellison so determined to keep their hands in the federal cookie jar, and yet resist any attempts at oversight? Why are political leaders in Minnesota so eager to keep protesters out on the streets, harassing law enforcement? Cui bono?

Featured image: President Donald Trump on November 5, 2025, official White House photo by Molly Riley, cropped, public domain