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groundloop

(13,820 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 05:28 PM 5 hrs ago

Trump says he could send National Guard to airports 'for more help'

Source: CNBC

President Donald Trump said he’s considering sending the National Guard to U.S. airports, two days after the administration deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to several major U.S. airports following hourslong waits for travelers because of the partial government shutdown.

In a Truth Social post Wednesday, Trump blamed Democrats for the shutdown, which began Feb. 14.

“Thank you to our great ICE Patriots for helping. It makes a big difference,” he wrote in his post. “I may call up the National Guard for more help.”

More than 11% of TSA officers called out on Wednesday and over 450 have quit since the shutdown started, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/trump-airport-security-tsa-national-guard.html



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Trump says he could send National Guard to airports 'for more help' (Original Post) groundloop 5 hrs ago OP
Or you could just fucking fund the TSA and give those who left back pay and rehire them. chowder66 5 hrs ago #1
Trump is... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #2
By the way, Donnie... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #3
Great! BidenRocks 5 hrs ago #4
Isn't that special? They can keep ICE company when their cellphone batteries peter out. Vinca 4 hrs ago #5
Ya just can't fix nwduke 3 hrs ago #6
send his spawn to the second generation. do they have anything better to do msongs 3 hrs ago #7
National Guard troops and their families will not be pleased about a mobilization TomSlick 3 hrs ago #8
His immediate response to absolutely any issue is to suggest violence - TBF 2 hrs ago #9

GiqueCee

(4,183 posts)
2. Trump is...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 05:59 PM
5 hrs ago

... congenitally incapable of admitting even the slightest mistake. He belligerently doubles down every time – EVERY time – he's caught in yet another fuck-up. The fact that TSA employees are struggling make ends meet because his ego-driven refusal to even consider the Democratic plan – that Republicans approved – to pay these people concerns him not in the slightest. He will lie through his teeth and blame someone else. To him, doing the right thing is for losers. He has always maintained his "Nice guys finish last" attitude toward any and every interaction with other human beings, because, like his father and grandfather before him, HE IS A PSYCHOPATH! He has NO redeeming qualities whatsoever. NONE! As horrible as he was, at least Hitler liked dogs. This fucker not only doesn't like dogs, he doesn't like people who DO like dogs!

GiqueCee

(4,183 posts)
3. By the way, Donnie...
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 06:04 PM
5 hrs ago

... the witless goons you already sent to airports haven't one goddamned thing to help anyone. Oh, they may have tackled a terrified woman – a CITIZEN – but helping people is for sissies.

Vinca

(53,946 posts)
5. Isn't that special? They can keep ICE company when their cellphone batteries peter out.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 06:29 PM
4 hrs ago

TomSlick

(12,997 posts)
8. National Guard troops and their families will not be pleased about a mobilization
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 08:10 PM
3 hrs ago

for such an obviously political purpose. They didn't sign-up to be dragged away from their homes and jobs to be Trump's political pawns.

It would be an abuse of these troops. They and their families will remember when voting.

TBF

(36,588 posts)
9. His immediate response to absolutely any issue is to suggest violence -
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 08:47 PM
2 hrs ago

this guy is seriously mentally ill.

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