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"Keep protesting" in Iran; "agitators" in Minnesota

Yes, really. Here are the receipts.

What actually happened

In early 2026, Donald Trump urged protesters in Iran to "keep protesting" and warned its government over killings. He then labeled anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota "agitators" and backed arrests and federal crackdowns.

The receipts

A tale of two Trumps: Iran & Minnesota protests
The Fulcrum (S.E. Cupp)

The all-caps Truth Social post urging Iranians to take over their institutions landed the same month as the crackdown on Minneapolis. Cupp lays the two side by side and asks how to make sense of...

Trump's crackdown on ICE protesters already shows signs of backfiring
Salon

After the DOJ indicted 15 Minnesota activists, defense funds and courtroom crowds grew instead of shrinking. At peak, more than 4,000 DHS officers occupied one American city, and locals responded by...

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