"The siege of Minneapolis represents a fitting, if foreboding, capstone to the first year of President Donald Trump's second term. Since returning to office one year ago, Trump has pursued no goal more passionately or persistently than breaking the ability of blue jurisdictions and their leaders to resist him. In the process, he is straining the nation's fundamental cohesion in ways that may escalate beyond his control."
"In Democratic-run cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, Charlotte and Minneapolis, heavily armed and masked federal immigration agents have swarmed neighborhoods and mustered for symbolic shows of force at prominent landmarks (such as MacArthur Park in Los Angeles and Michigan Avenue in Chicago), in a manner reminiscent of an occupying army. Although immigrant communities have absorbed the brunt of this offensive, thousands of U.S. citizens and protesters have been swept up, too."
Trump's return to office has prioritized breaking blue jurisdictions' capacity to resist him, straining national cohesion and risking escalation beyond his control. The pressure campaign advances along three main tracks. The most visible track is physical force: heavily armed, masked federal immigration agents have swarmed Democratic-run neighborhoods and staged shows of force at landmarks, reminiscent of an occupying army; immigrant communities and thousands of U.S. citizens and protesters have been swept up. The administration threatened deployment of active-duty troops under the Insurrection Act after the Supreme Court blocked control of state National Guard forces. The second track is fiscal: attempts to terminate federal funding for education, public health, infrastructure, transportation, and law enforcement unless conservative policies are adopted.
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