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Trump threatens to deploy troops in Minneapolis as protests heat up

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 16 Jan 2026, 10:33am
President Donald Trump threatened to deploy US military forces to Minnesota in order to quell protests in response to violent encounters involving federal immigration agents. Photo / Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images
President Donald Trump threatened to deploy US military forces to Minnesota in order to quell protests in response to violent encounters involving federal immigration agents. Photo / Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump threatens to deploy troops in Minneapolis as protests heat up

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 16 Jan 2026, 10:33am

President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy troops to Minnesota, with heated clashes on the streets over the presence of ICE. 

US Homeland Security says a federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel as he tried to make an arrest. 

Protests have erupted in the city since an anti-immigration officer shot a woman dead last week. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Andrew Dickens things are very intense. 

He says Minneapolis’ Mayor, Jacob Frey, says the city’s being put in an impossible situation.  

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