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Sending ICE to the Airports Is Trump’s Dumbest Idea Yet

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ProJoe Mar 26, 2026 +31
na, I'd argue starting an unprovoked war with f****** **IRAN** is a much dumber thing to do that is going to have a much more significant short, and long term impact than a few hundred thousand people being delayed for a few hours when they travel.
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CockBrother Mar 26, 2026 +5
It's not even close.
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nonamenolastname Mar 26, 2026 +3
The dumbest thing - so far, and I hope it remains in the top position. We can't afford anything stupider.
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Resident-Writing850 Mar 27, 2026 +1
There's a lot of competition for dumbest idea, but republicans can only compete against themselves in this category.
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sexeveg314 Mar 26, 2026 +10
>Sending ICE to the Airports Is Trump’s Dumbest Idea Yet Really? What about using nukes to stop hurricanes? Injecting bleach to cure covid? Purchasing Greenland? Tariffs? Starting a war of choice with Iran? Sending ICE to the airports isn't even in the top 3 of the fat fuckwits dumbest ideas.
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roytay Mar 26, 2026 +1
Reminding me of nuking hurricanes made me lol!
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mcmonky Mar 27, 2026 +1
He was told to do this to prep the populace for widespread ICE at voting places during the midterms. This is PLANNED.
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Mobile_Bed4861 Mar 26, 2026 +13
Dumbest idea … so far
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Chaoslab Mar 26, 2026 +2
An optimist I see! /s
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Surturiel Mar 26, 2026 +1
Emphasis on "yet"
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whatproblems Mar 26, 2026 +1
thought iran was his dumbest
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sylbug Mar 26, 2026 +6
Seriously? Do Americans really not see it? This is normalization. Allow this, and they become a permanent fixture in airports. Then that spreads to places like government buildings, hospitals, and public parks. And soon, you have Nazis so far up your ass that they control every aspect of your life.
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Jesse-359 Mar 26, 2026 +4
Not his dumbest idea for the country - he's done plenty of even dumber things in that category - but one of the dumbest for his own political purposes. Having masked ICE agents in airports makes them far more visible as nameless, faceless thugs to *everyone* who travels, which includes a lot of his own electorate - and the fact is that absolutely no-one likes to encounter armed faceless thugs in their day to day business. They stand to alienate his own voters in a way they could easily ignore when they're rampaging through liberal urban centers on TV, or raiding farms. That's why he panicked about them being *masked* because its such an alienating visual, in dozens of major airports across the country. Unmasking them will reduce the impact a bit, but having armed thugs standing around clearly doing nothing most of the time - or worse yet assaulting people in extremely public spaces - is still not a good look, even among his own constituents.
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theGord Mar 26, 2026 +3
This seems pretty stupid but yes not as dumb as Iran, Tariffs, East Wing? The shits keep coming..
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zaparthes Mar 26, 2026 +3
I'd argue that many of Trump's ideas from handling COVID-19 were much, much dumber.
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AdHopeful3801 Mar 26, 2026 +3
Sorry, but it's still not as stupid as starting a war in the Gulf.
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Kelp72plus Mar 26, 2026 +2
If only they served some purpose…and, let’s make it more exciting by sending the national guard, because they, too, are untrained in transportation safety jobs. makes my hair catch on fire.
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momalloyd Mar 26, 2026 +2
Don't worry, there are way dumber ideas yet to come.
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ChickpeaDemon Mar 26, 2026 +2
>”Linda from Arizona,” a caller on a conservative talk radio show, might deserve the credit or blame for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deploying to airports across the United States today. >The caller said on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show” last Friday, “I think I have a solution to the TSA problem.” She said, “We need to bring in ICE agents.” >”It’s kind of a brilliant idea,” co-host Clay Travis said. >About 24 hours later, on Saturday afternoon, President Trump announced his vision for ICE agents at airports. [Article](https://www.news8000.com/lifestyle/money/trump-s-ice-airport-idea-came-after-a-radio-host-pitched-it-on-fox-news/article_ea84ab67-10c3-5c7a-8f0c-6e4a09fb1a8a.html) All you need to do is get on Fox, and you too could can influence the mighty god emperor.
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Fizzy_Astronaut Mar 27, 2026 +1
Linda from Arizona is perhaps as dumb as the orange shitstain…
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Skraelings Mar 26, 2026 +1
I would argue... Iran, but ok sure.
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Secret_Ad_1541 Mar 26, 2026 +1
That's a bold statement. Trump is just seething with dumb ideas. This is definitely one of them, but there are so many to choose from.
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iamhereforthefood Mar 26, 2026 +1
No it's definitely not! But it's one of them 
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soshwag Mar 26, 2026 +1
I mean its pretty damn dumb, but dumbest? So much in competition for that dumbest title.
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schu4KSU Mar 26, 2026 +1
Trump has asked his staff (many times) to look into nuking hurricanes to avoid landfall in the US.
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DocQuanta Mar 26, 2026 +1
No. It is dumb as hell, but I'm not sure it even makes the top ten of dumbest shit he's done. The Iran War and his insane tariffs spring to mind immediately as far dumber. I'd probably add DOGE as clearly even dumber as well.
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woodpaulusgnome Mar 26, 2026 +1
There’s quite a lot to choose from.
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Edogawa1983 Mar 26, 2026 +1
It's not a dumb idea, we are being conditioned to normalize seeing ice everywhere, so when Trump sends them to the voting booth it wouldn't look as bad
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smack54az Mar 26, 2026 +1
Well he did kill a million Americans when he botched the Covid response, he's also started a pointless war that's going to end the petrodollar and destroying the US economy,
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Choice_Attempt_3438 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Really? Metro surge & Epstein Furry beat this by miles
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fermat9990 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Iran was dumber
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NEOK53 Mar 27, 2026 +1
To be fair, it wasn’t his idea. He doesn’t have ideas. He’s an uneducated moron.
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