Donald Trump launched a new online attack on Friday evening, this time aimed at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The president posted a long message on Truth Social that mixed anger, sweeping claims and more than one spelling error.
Trump wrote, “Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity.” He offered no evidence to support that statement, but he kept going anyway.
He then announced a major policy move in the same post. “I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.” The claim caught many officials off guard, since major immigration decisions are not usually rolled out through late night social media rants.
Trump added another line that pushed the message into familiar territory.
“Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER! President DJT.”
Local leaders quickly noted that the president had misspelled Walz’s name and provided no documentation to back up his charges. A spokesperson for the governor said the administration would respond through normal channels and not through what they called “midnight fiction.”
Immigration advocates also questioned whether any sudden change to TPS was legally valid, since such decisions normally go through a formal review process. Constitutional lawyers said they would wait for an official policy notice before reacting to a post that read more like a personal outburst than a government action.
For now, Trump’s message is circulating online, sparking confusion, debate and the usual mix of cheers and eye rolls. And once again a single post from the president managed to turn a quiet evening into a national political moment.
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