Trump Reportedly Puts OVER 1,000 Active Duty Soldiers on Standby For Deployment to Minnesota After Threatening to Invoke Insurrection Act – White House Responds
President Trump is looking at dropping the hammer on Minneapolis in the coming days after threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act last week.
As The Washington Post reported, the Trump Administration has ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be on standby for deployment to Minnesota following the massive anti-ICE riots over the past several days.
These riots have reached a new and dangerous level following the ICE self-defense shooting of leftist protester Renee Good.
Here are more details on the possible deployment from The Post:
The soldiers are assigned to two infantry battalions with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska and specializes in cold-weather operations.
The Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in Minnesota escalates, officials said, characterizing the move as “prudent planning.”
It is not clear whether any of them will be sent to the state, the officials said, speaking like some others on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military planning.
The Trump White House responded to the report by telling The Washington Post that it’s common for the Department of War “to be prepared for any decision the President may or may not make.”
CBS News and ABC News also reported that Trump was considering preparing to deploy the troops.
The Gateway Pundit’s Cassandra Macdonald previously reported that Trump did not hold back on Thursday morning while responding to the attacks on ICE agents in Minneapolis, warning he will invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota politicians fail to rein in the “professional agitators and insurrectionists.”
This warning came after a night of extreme chaos in the city, which included an agent having to fire a defensive round after being attacked with a shovel handle by an illegal alien and rioters robbing paperwork and weapons from an ICE vehicle.
The president wrote on Truth Social:
“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.”
The president added, “Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT.”
Invoking the Insurrection Act is generally considered a last resort, but with the nonstop mayhem in Minneapolis, Trump may have no choice.
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