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highplainsdem

(60,646 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 05:29 PM 18 hrs ago

Walz says Trump compared Minneapolis surge to Venezuela mission

Source: MS NOW

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“And he told me, ‘Well, look, Tim, we did this in New Orleans, we did it in Louisville, there’s no problems.’ And I said, ‘You didn’t kill anybody in Louisville or New Orleans. And the operation here looks very different from that.’

“And then he told me it was successful in Venezuela,” Walz said.

“I’m not sure what gave him the indication that at this point in time, what’s happening to my state, that I’m interested in Venezuela,” Walz continued. “But he told me how well that went, which really was strange to me was, he saw an operation in Venezuela, against a foreign nation, in the same context he saw an operation against a U.S. state and a U.S. city.”

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A White House official told MS NOW that Trump brought up Venezuela as a separate topic, and that he was not making a comparison between the country and what’s happening in Minneapolis.

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Read more: https://www.ms.now/news/walz-says-trump-compared-minneapolis-surge-to-venezuela-mission



Trump is demented, and the White House staff lies.

It doesn't surprise me that Trump brought up Venezuela to compare to Minneapolis. And I wouldn't be at all surprised if Trump has told his despicable aides and officials that he's like to send in troops to kidnap and arrest Walz and Mpls mayor Frey.
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Walz says Trump compared Minneapolis surge to Venezuela mission (Original Post) highplainsdem 18 hrs ago OP
Trump HAS DEMENTIA and is clearly unfit for office Blue Owl 18 hrs ago #1
They need to up the dosage of whatever juice they put in his vein dalton99a 18 hrs ago #2
Transplant his head on a pig. twodogsbarking 17 hrs ago #4
Trump also said the Storm Troopers from Star Wars were also successful in Hollywood, twodogsbarking 17 hrs ago #3

twodogsbarking

(17,789 posts)
3. Trump also said the Storm Troopers from Star Wars were also successful in Hollywood,
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 06:16 PM
17 hrs ago

chasing away the wokies.

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