Overview
- Brian Kilmeade pitched sending Homan at 6:15, 7:15, and 8:10 a.m., and Trump announced the move roughly 20 minutes after the third suggestion.
- In a Truth Social post, Trump said Homan would travel to Minnesota that night and “will report directly to me.”
- Coverage cast the deployment as a bid to regain control of a high-profile enforcement surge in the Twin Cities that has drawn protests after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good.
- Kilmeade read from a New York Post editorial calling for de-escalation and cautioned that the televised images were hurting Republicans’ chances to keep congressional majorities.
- Conservative commentators and some federal sources questioned Homeland Security messaging, with pointed criticism of Secretary Kristi Noem’s statements about the Minneapolis shooting.