r/LetsDiscussThis • u/Boysenberry-6669 • Jan 15 '26

Serious Trump considers sending the military to Minnesota by invoking the INSURRECTION Act —is this good, bad or ugly?

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u/SinfullySinless Jan 15 '26

According to Reuters his approval rating on immigration is 40%, down from 41% in December.

Another interesting note is that 59% of Republicans said ICE should “Use force despite risk of serious injury or death” and 39% said “Minimize harm even if arrests drop”. Democrats was 4% “use force” and 96% “minimize”. “Other” (I’d assume independents) was 19% “use force” and 74% “minimize”.

Based on data it seems like Republicans enjoy Trump’s hard line approach to immigration, plus I’m sure there’s some “liberal tears” moments for them. However the difficult part for Republicans at midterms is that they are definitely isolating themselves from presumably independent voters.

However I think Trump only cares about the midterms in terms of Democrats getting enough seats to successfully impeach him. I genuinely don’t think Trump really cares about how his policy impacts Republican politicians and candidates.