1 Fifteen-Hundred Active-Duty Soldiers Placed On Standby To Possibly Be Deployed To Minneapolis
About 1,500 active-duty soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been put on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis. The military is planning in case President Trump decides to send troops to respond to ongoing protests in the city, although no decision has been made yet. Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act on Thursday, a law from the 1790s that would let him send federal troops into the city. Gov. Tim Walz also activated the Minnesota National Guard on Saturday, though guard members have not yet been sent to city streets. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the surge of federal immigration agents an "occupying force" that has "invaded" the city.
2 European Union Chief Says Europe Is United Against President Trump's Greenland Threats
European leaders are pushing back against President Trump's announcement of new tariffs on eight NATO allies over Greenland. Trump said Saturday he would impose a 10-percent tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland starting on February 1st. The tariffs would rise to 25-percent on June 1st and stay in place until the U.S. can buy Greenland. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Europe will remain "united" and called the tariffs a threat to transatlantic relations. The eight affected countries issued a joint statement standing "in full solidarity" with Denmark and Greenland. Protesters marched in the capital Nuuk this weekend under a "Stop Trump" banner.
3 FBI Asks Agents To Go To Minneapolis For Temporary Assignments
The FBI is asking agents from offices across the country to volunteer for temporary assignments in Minneapolis. The request comes as the city deals with protests over the January 7th fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer. Agents who volunteer would investigate cases involving assaults on federal officers, as well as vandalism and theft from FBI vehicles. So far, the response has been minimal, and the request is voluntary. About 3-thousand federal immigration officers are currently in Minneapolis and residents have called the presence "an invasion," describing agents in unmarked cars on neighborhood streets and going door to door.