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Is the ‘Influencer Right’ at Odds With Trump Over Minnesota?

NYT > Business > Media · Nathan Taylor Pemberton · last updated

A vocal group of Trump supporters broke with the president when he appeared to backpedal on his immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Is it a rift, or just a passing mood?

After speaking with Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Monday, President Trump summarized the exchange in a post on Truth Social with some choice words.

The call? (“Very good.” ) The dynamic between these political foes? (“We, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength.”) The mood overall? (Very happy!”)

It was an apparent decision by Mr. Trump to play nice, hours before a shake-up that included reassigning Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official who was leading the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. As the president seemed to soften his position, MAGA’s talking heads gathered online to offer a few rueful words of their own.

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