With the current partial government shutdown, many federal workers aren’t receiving paychecks. This includes TSA officers, and that’s leading to an increasing number of sick calls, which has meant longer lines at security. Some airports have even seen over 50% of TSA agents call in sick on some days.
Past government shutdowns have sometimes ultimately ended because of the impacts on our aviation ecosystem. Along those lines, President Trump is suggesting he’s going to do something that’s just… oy.
Trump says he’ll send ICE agents to airports
Trump has just taken to social media to write the following:
The Radical Left Democrats have hurt so many people with their vicious and uncaring ways. What they have done to the Department of Homeland Security, our fantastic TSA Officers, and, most importantly, the great people of our Country, is an absolute disgrace. If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before! The Fascist Democrats will never protect America, but the Republicans will. Just like the Radical Left allowed millions of Criminals to pour into our Country through their ridiculous and dangerous Open Border Policy, the Republicans closed it all down, and we now have the Strongest Border in American History. Likewise, I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, “GET READY.” NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES! President DONALD J. TRUMP
So yeah, starting on Monday, ICE will work at TSA checkpoints, and they’ll “do the job far better than ever done before!” At least that’s Trump’s claim. It’s not yet clear if ICE agents working at airports will be masked or not…
This is all so unserious that I can’t even
I’m not usually at a loss for words. I mean, I publish probably an average of 10,000 words per day on this blog. But… I’m at a loss for words. How can one even try to provide a serious opinion on such an unserious proposal?
All I’ll say is that Monday is shaping up to be quite the day, between ICE agents being put on TSA duties, plus Trump’s threat that if Iran doesn’t within 48 hours “FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz,” “the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST.”
And these two threats come on the same day where Trump also wrote on social media how happy he is that Robert Mueller is dead, rather than saying nothing at all…
Bottom line
President Trump claims he’ll deploy ICE agents to TSA checkpoints on Monday, and that they’ll do a better job than has ever been done before. I suspect this is about as likely as Trump’s promise to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. What can one even say anymore?
Are you excited to see ICE agents working as TSA officers?
