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    ICE an Flughäfen: Trumps Troll-Aktion geht nach hinten los


    ICE an Flughäfen: Trumps Troll-Aktion geht nach hinten los

    https://www.salon.com/2026/03/25/ice-at-airports-trumps-troll-move-backfires/

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    1. RepulsiveLoquat418 on

      „Siccing a bunch of ICE agents on airports for the obvious purpose of making an already-fraught situation worse may be fun for Trump and his most fanatically right-wing followers. For everyone else, it’s further proof that the so-called hysterical liberals were in fact right all along.“

    2. sexeveg314 on

      This would be a great opportunity to discreetly photograph them, unmasked and with badge numbers visible. We’ll need this kind of evidence for the trials.

    4. MakalakaPeaka on

      The useless fascist goons can mill about aimlessly in airport lobbies. What a waste of money, and such a clear indication of the moral rot in our Administration.

    5. MentalSky_ on

      The trolls are out in force across social media claiming ICE has been a day one success and now customs takes 2 minutes and ICE agents are helping old ladies carry their luggage and sing sweet lullabies to calm crying in their parents arms. 

    6. EditorSimple2158 on

      It’s unlikely the USA is going to be a top tourist destination for many for a long time. American airports are unpleasant at the best of times and there is just no way I would want to be in close proximity to these agents who don’t seem qualified or experienced enough to deal with large numbers of travellers during chaotic times.

    7. fsacb3 on

      Btw, Trump got the idea from Fox News, and they got the idea from a caller who suggested ICE agents should be in airports.

    8. Nach0Maker on

      Delta suspending special services for members of Congress is probably more powerful than anything.

    11. cyxrus on

      Backfires on who? His popularity? This guy wipe his ass with popularity. This is about conditioning the American people to get used to having ICE in every aspect of your life. Voting. Travel. School. Soon hospitals

    12. Specialist-Mud4150 on

      Send in the Slave Catchers to keep an eye on all the TSA “employees” that are now working for no pay. What do we call “employees” forced to work for nothing again?

    13. FlyFisherman4Life on

      Great line: ‚Republicans are already expecting heavy losses in November’s midterm elections, and having a president who is actively making air travel hellish will likely only make it worse. This seems obvious, and yet Trump seems pleased with Linda’s whole “make airports suck for everyone” plan.‘

    14. time4listenermail on

      > The “everyone” aspect of airports is likely part of the psychological dynamic here.

      Yep. Stick it to the left by fucking over airports for *all* 🤦

    15. FlyFisherman4Life on

      I bet ICE agents are equally pissed about over priced airport food.

    16. Persea_americana on

      Steve Bannon was saying ICE in airports was a test run for the election. Time and again the only silver lining to this administration’s actions is the incredible ineptitude and incompetence. ICE is untrained, overpaid and incapable of handling even the simplest of tasks and pretending to work. Bringing in ICE costs 10x more than just paying TSA. This is an incredibly effective way to make everyone hates ICE even more, further destroy tourism and highlights republicans inability to budget, plan or think.

    17. AmbivelentApoplectic on

      I’m not convinced that bringing ICE into one of the most surveiled environments to work is a great idea.

      They mess about hassling on the street thats one thing but when there are 10 cameras watching their every action then it will be a disaster. So much money is going to be paid out on settlements related to this idiocy.

    18. taco-bake on

      This administration wants TSA agents to quit en mass. So they can privatize one more government service. Wake-up

    19. BlackbirdSage on

      ICE isn’t allowed to cover their faces, while on assignment in airports…

      We should be going to the airports and getting photos of all of their faces.

      …for the trials, later.

    20. DT-Sodium on

      Isn’t this like a giant win for the rest of the people? While those morons are playing being useless at airports they are not shooting random citizens in the street for no reason. And if you’re a foreigner flying into the US, well… don’t? If you’re flying for business, do it over the Internet. If you’re flying to see your family, it’s sad but it’s a small sacrifice to make to end Trump’s nazi regime.

    22. Hacker-Dave on

      The MAGA boys trying to get to a golf trip seemed less than happy when they found themselves stuck in a TSA line this past weekend.

    23. Wiley_dog25 on

      What is the point of this? They can’t pass the SAVE act, we’ve heard reports Trump wants „less visible“ confrontations with ICE. What is the actual logic behind this? Who does it benefit?

    24. Cold_Specialist_3656 on

      Kinda hard to pretend that ICE isn’t Trump’s goon squad at this point. Brownshirts

    25. thistimelineisweird on

      Sorry I still can’t get over how obese these dudes are. Hegseth is probably furious. All that effort to showcase fit cute guys and now this.

    26. Significant-Repair42 on

      I find it really weird that they are all weaponed out. If you were a terrorist, and needed a gun/weapons, wouldn’t it be easier to get one off one of these guys vs. trying to get past security with it? Isn’t that one of reasons that tsa agents doin’t typically carry guns/weapons?

      Or maybe I’m over thinking it.

    27. Bronzeshadow on

      I have no love for the TSA in the same way I have no love for the meter maid that tickets my car. They’re an annoyance but I understand why they exist.

      Fuck ICE. ICE is a cancer and needs to go.

    28. kelticladi on

      If I were a TSA agent who hasn’t been paid in FIVE weeks while these gravy seals prance about in full tactical doing nothing and GETTING PAID for it, I’d call in sick too.

    30. rubyshoes21 on

      people are so excited to rid this entire country of illegal immigrants until they’re the ones getting pulled aside as a United States citizen by a play pretend cop with no formal training.

    31. Ok_Efficiency7245 on

      They just made a mega thread over at the TSA for all of this drama. Took him a while but it makes sense.

      The problem is if you say anything negative about ICE (ICE sucks was an example they gave) They’re deleting the comment. So if you go over to the TSA sub it’s all pro ICE stuff and deleted comments.

      People are migrating over to the FED employees sub now.

    32. GluggGlugg on

      Last week, an apolitical traveler could have been forgiven for asking: „Why should TSA funding be dependent on reforming ICE?“

      By deploying ICE to airports, Trump has directly linked ICE to the TSA issue. He’s showing again how the agency has become his personal political militia. That’s better leverage for the Democrats.

    35. k4bz36 on

      I wonder if Americans stop flying less if the airline execs will take notice and start demanding that their puppet fix this shit. Good on Delta for suspending the special treatment (bad that they helped ice sport people), but we need to hear from more annoyed rich people before Trump will listen.

    36. mmbc168 on

      Meanwhile the wait time at IAH yesterday was approximately the length of all three original Star Wars films played back-to-back, and I’m not joking!

    37. ATimelessCheesePizza on

      They manhandled my electronics in a way no TSA agent has ever! Don’t touch my stuff, ignorant ICE man!

    38. cagetheblackbird on

      I consider the ICE agents who showed up to basically invalidate the TSA agents concerns scabs. It’s the same as if TSA was striking and these guys crossed the picket line.

    39. No_Presentation1242 on

      This is all a coordinated effort to get TSA privatized. It’s all part of Project 25. Musk tweeted he would pay the salaries of the TSA agents. Not out of the kindness of his own heart but planting the seeds of buying the agency.

    40. GnosticDoomsayer on

      The most darkly ironic part about this is that the reason the government is shut down is **because of ICE**. Democrats are demanding common sense reforms… like no more masks… you gotta use actual judicial warrants, not the “administrative” ones where it’s just another ICE agent scribbling “go for it” to his friends, oh and badges. Democrats want agents of the state who are detaining human beings to have to identify themselves. Imagine that. Oh and also, body cameras.

      So dems want ICE to act like an actual law enforcement agency instead of Trump’s personal mafia, and Republicans said no, so the entire DHS is shut down, and TSA agents have not been paid for over a month now….

      And Trump’s big solution?

      Bolster the trained yet unpaid TSA agents, with wildly overpaid completely untrained ICE agents.

      This country feels like a fucking circus act.

    41. NoHorseNoMustache on

      Ok so here’s the thing: The entire point was for Trump and his base to have fun with it. If you think anything else you’re giving him WAY too much credit.

    42. AttyMAL on

      It hasn’t backfired yet. The GOP is still in power and I have yet to meet a Trump voter wouldn’t continue to kiss his ass and vote for him and his cronies again. 

    43. Dizzy-Tutor5344 on

      If the TSA dont need machine guns to keep airports safe and secure, why do ICE agents look like they are about to invade Iran? Are they that scared of the average American person that they need to hide like cowards behind their huge guns? Or are they compensating for something else thats small and sad?

    44. ArtOfWarlick on

      Bullshit.

      Project 2025, page 159.

      1. Starve the TSA until it ‘fails.’

      2. Use ‘force multipliers’ (ICE) to normalize armed enforcement in airports.

      3. Push for total privatization to kill the federal union.

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