Trump claims networks not airing Iran triumphs | Political News

President Trump claimed on Wednesday that news networks are not displaying the “triumphs” of the controversial struggle in Iran because they’re focusing on “displaying airports,” seemingly downplaying the chaos ensued by the continuing partial authorities shutdown.

The president addressed House Republicans at the annual National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising dinner on Wednesday evening at Union Station in Washington, D.C. During his remarks, the president mentioned his most urgent points, including mounting outrage over the struggle in Iran.

“They don’t wanna settle, they want chaos,” Trump said, referring to the media. “As I said, our great military triumphs against Iran can’t be displayed on television because they are displaying airports.”

Trump’s remarks come as thousands and thousands of American vacationers bear the burden of the partial authorities shutdown, which began over a month in the past. Chaos across the nation continues as TSA brokers miss their second paycheck since the start of the shutdown, main many to either skip work or give up the federal company.

At major airports across the nation, wait occasions at TSA checkpoints lasted hours. For occasion, at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, strains stretched outdoors the security space, into baggage declare, and, at occasions, even outdoors the airport facility.

As a outcome of the shutdown, President Trump deployed ICE brokers on Monday to help with passenger screening at security checkpoints in 11 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and New York City.

The transfer has already resulted in the arrest of two people at San Francisco International Airport.

A harrowing video of the incident exhibits a number of brokers apprehending a lady crying on the ground. The lady was handcuffed as she screamed in entrance of her crying daughter, who cried witnessing the incident.

“This is un-American,” one passenger yelled as the incident unfolded.

“What is your badge number? What is your name?” another particular person who was recording the lady being taken into custody will be heard saying.

DHS accused the lady of resisting arrest. The males who took the lady in entrance of the kid had been sporting plainclothes, and it was not obvious from the viral video whether or not they had any paperwork that recognized them as ICE officers.

The Department of Homeland Security had beforehand revealed in a assertion that ICE had arrested two people in San Francisco who had “an outstanding final order of removal from an immigration judge since 2019.”

“ICE is working as quickly as possible to repatriate the family unit to their home country of Guatemala,” DHS said in a assertion.

SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said the arrests had been an “isolated incident,” and the airport has “no reason to suspect broader enforcement action at SFO.”

“The airport’s role is to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the facility for all passengers and staff,” Yakel said in his assertion. “We were not involved in or notified in advance of this incident. Airport operations continued without disruption, and there was no impact to flights or passenger processing.

Trump prioritizes SAVE America Act over government shutdown

But despite rising tensions at airports, President Trump is making it clear that he has no intention of pushing for an end to the shutdown unless Democrats help pass the Safeguard American Voters Eligibility (SAVE America) Act.

The act would require voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship before casting a ballot, mandating a valid photo identification. Around 21 million Americans are believed to lack valid documents proving their U.S. citizenship, and 2.6 million lack any form of government-issued photo ID. Hence, detractors of the act say the move would instantly disenfranchise millions of voters.

“I don’t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass ‘THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday evening.

“It is far more important than anything else we are doing in the Senate, and that includes giving these same terrible people, the Dems (who are to blame for this mess!), a Five Billion Dollar cut in ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] funding, a deal which, even when disguised as something else, is unacceptable to me and the American people – UNLESS it includes their approval of Voter I.D., (with picture!), Citizenship to Vote, No Mail-In Voting (with exceptions), All Paper Ballots, No Men In Women’s Sports, and No Transgender MUTILIZATION of our precious children,” he added.

On Monday, the president continued his pleas to Republicans during a roundtable event in Memphis alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

“I’m again demanding the Democrats in Congress immediately end their disgraceful shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security and restore the full funding for airport security and the TSA. They are holding it up because they want to take care of illegal immigrants coming into our country,” Trump said.

“As part of homeland security, and I’m suggesting strongly to the Republican Party, don’t make any deal on anything,” Trump added. “The most important thing we can have is what’s called the SAVE America Act. Don’t make any deal on anything, unless you include voter ID.”