Walz Agrees to De-Escalate His War Against the United States? Or... Not?

Apparently Trump and Walz had a phone call.

I'm not sure what Walz has agreed to -- maybe letting ICE pick up wanted illegals from their jails and courtrooms?

Or is it Trump who's backing down and needs Walz to provide him cover by pretending to have given up something?

Trump here says that "we're looking for all criminals" in Minnesota's "possession," but I don't see any claim that Walz actually agreed to this.

Walz says that Trump agreed to an "investigation' of ICE agents. Again, I don't see any actual agreement that Minnesota will actually cooperate with ICE. Walz just says he's working to "reduce the number of federal agents in Minnesota," not "reduce the number of foreign pedophiles, killers, rapists, and gangsters."

Walz' office said the call was "productive."

"The Governor made the case that we need impartial investigations of the Minneapolis shootings involving federal agents, and that we need to reduce the number of federal agents in Minnesota," his office wrote in a release.

Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both Minnesota residents and U.S. citizens, were fatally shot and killed by federal immigration officers in separate incidents in Minneapolis.

Trump agreed to talk to the Department of Homeland Security about ensuring the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is able to conduct an independent investigation, Walz' office said, and also agreed to look into either reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota or working with the state "in a more coordinated fashion on immigration enforcement regarding violent criminals."

I don't know if there's any actual agreement here. This might be the typical result of diplomacy, wherein all parties just celebrate the fact that diplomacy occurred.

posted by Ace at 02:28 PM

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