{"id":2554637,"date":"2026-01-27T20:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-returns-to-his-economic-script-amid-minneapolis-uproar\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:44:07","slug":"trump-returns-to-his-economic-script-amid-minneapolis-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-returns-to-his-economic-script-amid-minneapolis-uproar\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump returns to his economic script amid Minneapolis uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-returns-to-his-economic-script-amid-minneapolis-uproar%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2554637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At a rally in Clive, Iowa, President Donald trump focused on his economic record and midterm election messaging, saying the private sector is strong, inflation has been defeated, and he has delivered for workers, farmers, and businesses. He touted repeal of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-attempts-to-run-away-from-biden-harris-administrations-electric-vehicle-mandate\/\" title=\"Kamala Attempts to Run Away from Biden-Harris Administration&#039;s Electric Vehicle Mandate\">electric-vehicle mandate<\/a> to protect ethanol, touted trade deals and a farmer bailout, promoted his One Big Gorgeous Bill Act and efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-accuse-rep-nancy-pelosi-of-hypocrisy-over-mask-policies\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers accuse Rep. Nancy Pelosi of hypocrisy over mask policies\">lower drug costs<\/a>, and urged iowans to remember and vote for his allies in the 2026 midterms. The event was held under the shadow of last weekend\u2019s fatal shooting of a protester in Minneapolis, wich drew questions about the administration\u2019s response and criticism of Homeland Security Secretary kristi Noem. Trump distanced himself from Noem and Stephen Miller\u2019s harsher rhetoric, defended deploying border czar Tom Homan to minnesota (replacing a Border Patrol commander-at-large), and said he often \u201cshakes up teams.\u201d Meanwhile, senators including Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski urged noem to be held accountable or step down. Trump also attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota\u2019s Somali community while the White House seeks to navigate political fallout from the Minnesota violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump returns to his economic script at Iowa rally amid Minneapolis uproar<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2486222\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&nbsp;<\/a>spent Tuesday in&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iowa\/\">Iowa,<\/a>&nbsp;undersc<\/span>oring his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >strong private sector meant<\/a> less need for government hiring, while 900 miles away in Washington, senators were calling for him to put at least one government official&rsquo;s job on the chopping block:&nbsp;Homeland Security&nbsp;Secretary&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\">Kristi Noem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under the shadow cast by last weekend&rsquo;s second fatal shooting of an anti-immigration law enforcement protester in Minneapolis, Trump tried to refocus on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\">2026 midterm elections<\/a> in an hourlong speech in Iowa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4436253\/democrats-draw-red-line-new-ice-guardrails-fix-congress\/\">Democrats draw red line on new ICE guardrails: &lsquo;Fix should come from Congress&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4436223\/thom-tillis-lisa-murkowski-call-kristi-noem-ouster-gop-frustrations-grow\/\">Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski call for Noem&rsquo;s ouster as GOP frustrations grow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4436051\/trump-flexes-clout-against-indiana-foes-as-affordability-and-deportation-headwinds-grow\/\">Trump flexes clout against Indiana foes as affordability and deportation headwinds grow<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a state that has competitive congressional and gubernatorial elections this November, Trump told the crowd in Clive, Iowa, that the economy is &ldquo;booming, incomes are rising, investment is soaring, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\">inflation<\/a> has been defeated&rdquo; &mdash; and that he is &ldquo;standing up for the workers and the farmers of our country&rdquo; despite his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trade\/\">trade<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\">tariff<\/a> wars.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Trump reminded those in attendance that he kept his promise to Iowans that he would repeal &ldquo;the insane <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\/\">electric vehicle<\/a> mandate, which would have obligated you to go out and buy an electric car, but it would have obliterated a thing called <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ethanol\/\">ethanol<\/a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But as his tariff war creates ripple effects for farmers, Trump also emphasized his trade deals as &ldquo;giant wins for the farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers, like no other president has ever done.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I got such a tremendous vote from the farmers, and I love you too,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to namecheck his bailout bill for farmers amid those trade deal negotiations, his One Big Beautiful Bill Act, his work to reduce the cost of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drugs\/\">pharmaceutical drugs,<\/a> and John May, the chairman and CEO of Deere &amp; Company, and May&rsquo;s new factory in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How is John Deere stock doing? Great? All-time high,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I got a lot of people rich that I don&rsquo;t like at all. I&rsquo;ve doubled their net worth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not dismiss affordability concerns as a Democratic &ldquo;hoax&rdquo; and &ldquo;con job&rdquo; as he has in the past, but he did point to Democrats&rsquo; role in exacerbating prices.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks about the economy at a rally Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Clive, Iowa. (AP Photo\/Charlie Neibergall)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, Trump made the point of asking for Iowans&rsquo; votes nine months before the midterm elections, telling the crowd he hopes they &ldquo;remember us&rdquo; in November.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m here because I love Iowa, but I&rsquo;m here because we&rsquo;re starting the campaign to win the midterms,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;We can never forget what that group of morons did to this country. We can never forget, and we&rsquo;ve got to win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;chief of staff&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susie-wiles\/\">Susie Wiles&nbsp;<\/a>has pledged <\/span>that Trump would campaign &ldquo;like it&rsquo;s 2024 again,&rdquo; including with a similar trip to Iowa every week.<\/p>\n<p>Trump appeared to revel in his return to Iowa, reminiscing that &ldquo;exactly two years ago, this month, it was the people of Iowa who put us on a rocket ship back to the White House.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Should we do it a fourth time? Four victories? We got the right team over there,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of Trump&rsquo;s trip was to promote his economic and energy policies, but, at least during his exchanges with reporters, the president was pressed on the shooting last weekend of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>As he departed the White House and then at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale, Iowa, before his speech, Trump distanced himself from Noem and White House deputy chief of staff <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-miller\/\">Stephen Miller<\/a>&lsquo;s descriptions of Pretti as a &ldquo;domestic terrorist&rdquo; and &ldquo;would-be assassin,&rdquo; respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, too, downplayed his decision to deploy border czar <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\">Tom Homan<\/a>, who himself is controversial after in 2024 alleging accepting $50,000 in cash from FBI agents pretending to be business executives seeking government, to Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Homan, who does not have a good working relationship with Noem, will <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4434302\/greg-bovino-relieved-minnesota-border-patrol-ice\/\">replace Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino <\/a>in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do that all the time. I shake up teams,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on Trump to push Noem out, with Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thom-tillis\/\">Thom Tillis<\/a> (R-NC) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lisa-murkowski\/\">Lisa Murkowski <\/a>(R-AK) imploring her to resign Tuesday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the president needs to look at who he has in place as the secretary of homeland security,&rdquo; Murkowski said. &ldquo;You have a secretary right now who needs to be accountable to the chaos and some of the tragedy that we have seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4433972\/white-house-karoline-leavitt-minnesota-shooting\/\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE TRIES TO SPLIT THE BABY ON MINNESOTA SHOOTING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But during his speech, Trump only touted his immigration record and criticized Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ilhan-omar\/\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> (D-MN) and Minnesota&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/somalia\/\">Somali<\/a> community, which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is targeting in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She comes from a country that&rsquo;s a disaster,&rdquo; he said of Somalia. &ldquo;They do have one thing: pirates.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump touts economy in Iowa amid Minneapolis uproar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2554638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26028002644693.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[71954,9168,6772,3970,3634],"class_list":["post-2554637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign-messaging","tag-economy","tag-minneapolis","tag-protests","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26028002644693.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554637"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554641,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554637\/revisions\/2554641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2554637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2554637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}