Trump warns Minnesota to crack down on 'insurrectionists'

President Donald Trump on Friday warned that he would "quickly and effectively" deal with "insurrectionists" in Minneapolis, Minn., if state officials failed to deal with ongoing disruptions to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the city.

"In Minnesota, the Troublemakers, Agitators, and Insurrectionists are, in many cases, highly paid professionals. The Governor and Mayor don’t know what to do, they have totally lost control, and our currently being rendered, USELESS!" Trump posted on Truth Social. "If, and when, I am forced to act, it will be solved, QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY!"

Trump has previously warned he was prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell unrest in Minneapolis. Border Czar Tom Homan this week confirmed he would meet with Trump on Friday and discuss the prospect.

The 1807 Insurrection Act allows the president to use the military to enforce civil law and disperse demonstrators "[w]henever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings."

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.