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General Mar 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Trump signs executive order to pay TSA workers after House rejects funding bill

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Trump signs executive order to pay TSA workers after House rejects funding bill
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Trump signs executive order to pay TSA workers after House rejects funding bill
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an order to pay TSA employees as soon as Monday, after a deal that sought to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security stalled in Congress.

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Meta2048 Mar 27, 2026 +10346
"I could have paid TSA a month ago, but I didn't want to" How else can you spin this?
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mrg1957 Mar 27, 2026 +2880
Joe Biden didn't let him.
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redditallreddy Mar 27, 2026 +952
Funcking Obama!
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Imzocrazy Mar 27, 2026 +440
Hillary’s emails
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Lucius-Halthier Mar 27, 2026 +121
Fun fact: Kash Patel’s personal emails were just hacked, let’s see what lies inside.
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drewts86 Mar 27, 2026 +149
Buttery males
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Ohio_gal Mar 27, 2026 +98
Hunter Biden enters the chat.
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drewts86 Mar 27, 2026 +51
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants everyone to know Hunter has a huge hog
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DuMbAsS_lOsEr_6_7 Mar 27, 2026 +34
That's in congressional records now!
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cyberman0 Mar 27, 2026 +6
But Greenland stole fort nox.
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dunnkw Mar 27, 2026 +14
If it weren’t for Benghazi the TSA would have been paid by now!
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Xijit Mar 27, 2026 +16
Bubba's c***.
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jchowdown Mar 27, 2026 +6
Hunter's Laptop
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cedarvhazel Mar 27, 2026 +3
It was deifbagely the emails. That’s like thr worst thing someone running for presidency has ever done! Right? RIGHT!????
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ezagreb Mar 27, 2026 +20
Definitely the Democrat’s fault
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Commercial-Set3527 Mar 27, 2026 +9
I read that as Funky Obama and I now call dibs on that band name
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redlee415 Mar 27, 2026 +9
Ok, but I get "Funcking Obama and the Hong Kong Cavaliers"
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railwayed Mar 27, 2026 +8
You mean... F****** Barack "Hussein" Obama
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techleopard Mar 27, 2026 +3
No no, remember it's "Thanks, Obama >["
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TrumpsLilPenis Mar 27, 2026 +20
Fn Joe Biden.. that dementia guy is everywhere.. it’s like he doesn’t even have dementia. I can’t believe he started this war in Iran.
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DirtzMaGertz Mar 27, 2026 +19
Biden is probably Trump's sleep paralysis demon 
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NotBadAndYou Mar 27, 2026 +14
No, that's Obama making fun of him at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, over and over.
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JustaCog72 Mar 27, 2026 +4
Ohhh... I'm pretty sure Obama is Trumpy's sleep paralysis demon 😂
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HarmlessSnack Mar 28, 2026 +3
It would be so funny if Joe tweeted a Dark Brandon meme along the lines of : “I sure am glad I started this war, it’s making Trump look terrible.”
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Paranitis Mar 28, 2026 +3
Except that would be used as ammo against the Democrats since Trump's dumbass base would see it as a legit confession that Biden admitted to starting the war.
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Sinlord5 Mar 27, 2026 +5
Stop giving them ideas. You know MAGA will 100% believe this.
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stunkape Mar 27, 2026 +224
"The White House said money to pay TSA employees will come from the big tax cut bill Trump signed into law last year, which funneled billions of dollars in extra funds to DHS — money that has kept immigration enforcement agents paid throughout the shutdown" So, yes, they could have paid them the same as they paid the ICE brownshirts, they just didn't want to.
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-notapony- Mar 28, 2026 +61
If we had two functioning political parties, this is just more impeachable action from Trump.  The executive doesn’t decide how to spend the money Congress budgeted. 
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bros402 Mar 28, 2026 +19
Apparently it's just a slush fund that Congress gave Homeland Security to spend as they want. ...and isn't that how SCOTUS overturned Chevron? By saying Departments can't do things that they aren't explicitly told by Congress
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kaplanfx Mar 28, 2026 +23
There was apparently a $10B DHS slush fund that was unallocated, but we can’t have the EPA or Public Radio?
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BorkDoo Mar 27, 2026 +327
They're going to spin it as having to reject the Senate version for "being unreasonable and putting Americans at risk" so it had to be rejected but Trump, magnanimous and generous as he is, is "pulling money out of his own pocket" to pay poor TSA workers. The propaganda about all of this from everyone has basically been that the mean ol' grinchy Dems don't want to pay TSA agents in order to protect criminal illegals, same as the last shutdown.
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Born-Ad4658 Mar 27, 2026 +82
I dont think ppl believe it except his most ardent supporters when its one thing after another
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DangerBay2015 Mar 27, 2026 +47
Fox News will set ‘em straight! Pork and somesuch.
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Ghostlyshado Mar 27, 2026 +32
They believe it. MAGA is brainwashed to the point they believe everything he says. Or they’re too stupid/ uneducated to understand what’s happening. Or they understand and are totally on board with it.
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Born-Ad4658 Mar 27, 2026 +5
that's why I said his most ardent supporters...other than that ppl are seeing the bullshit in Ludington some pol that voted for him
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Ice_Solid Mar 27, 2026 +5
I looked this is exactly what they are saying 
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BEWMarth Mar 27, 2026 +36
Believe me Fox News already spun it as a positive a couple days ago. The MAGA cult already downloaded the latest patch. It’s actually the democrats fault surprisingly 🙄
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brpajense Mar 27, 2026 +92
He did it on purpose to get the SAVE act passed and privatize the TSA. Trump is a shit politician who only employs tactics like threats, retreats, bluster, and naps.  Dude spends his time in cabinet meetings alternating between fishing for compliments, falling asleep, and blabbering about custom $5 Sharpies. I don't want to say Trump is the source of all our problems, just that if he went away the government would do something to make moat them less problematic and the rest would all be solveable.
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Karr0k Mar 27, 2026 +18
He also employs 'shitting of the pants' to clear out the room when the press asks a "nasty" question.
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daemonicwanderer Mar 27, 2026 +6
How does this get the SAVE Act passed? It is still filibustered in the Senate
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brpajense Mar 28, 2026 +9
The idea was to create a crisis (partial shutdown) and bundle the funding for DHS with the SAVE act and use the urgency to solve the crisis to get it passed without as much scrutiny or opposition.
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Wittyname0 Mar 27, 2026 +9
Then why cave in and pay them now?
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CT_Phipps-Author Mar 27, 2026 +20
Because Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO)
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brpajense Mar 27, 2026 +10
Someone (DJT) has memory problem and forgets his goals, a deep rooted need to be seen in a positive light, and a platform where everything he says in public becomes news.
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BigJellyfish1906 Mar 27, 2026 +15
He can’t actually pay the TSA. There isn’t enough free cash in DHS to even cover one pay period. He is desperate. 
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djm19 Mar 27, 2026 +5
And he specifically blocked attempts to.
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angstt Mar 27, 2026 +2385
Uh-huh, uh-huh... with what?
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amapanda Mar 27, 2026 +1639
"The White House said money to pay TSA employees will come from the big tax cut bill Trump signed into law last year, which funneled billions of dollars in extra funds to DHS — money that has kept immigration enforcement agents paid throughout the shutdown." What better time to give TSA a pay increase?
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Kolby_Jack33 Mar 27, 2026 +1175
So money meant to bolster ICE will now be used to pay the TSA instead? I see this as an absolute win!
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OuchieMuhBussy Mar 27, 2026 +601
It’s bad insofar as it normalizes giving him Congress’s power of the purse. They already gave him the power to levy taxes (tariffs) and the power to declare war. There’s really very little purpose to having a congress without those three constitutional powers.
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ImSabbo Mar 27, 2026 +195
Last I checked, the courts ruled that he was never given any power to lay tariffs, and all the existing ones applied in his time had to be removed. That Congress didn't stop him before that is a different matter.
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Ok_Background22 Mar 27, 2026 +83
Yet the tariffs are still on, because congress has not enforced the courts ruling
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SanDiegoDude Mar 27, 2026 +109
Incorrect, they're not collecting IEAPA tariffs anymore. He has put temporary 15% (capped) tariffs on during his temper tantrum after the SC ruled against him, but those are time limited, although I fully expect him to wait 24 hours and announce brand "new" 15% tariffs again, which will go through the courts slowly again... still, the scale of damage he can do with tariffs is somewhat limited now by law.
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UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy Mar 28, 2026 +9
Which is to say that, functionally, it doesn't matter at all unless you were worried about the simply comical 100% tariffs he kept threatening.
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Cloaked42m Mar 28, 2026 +12
Wrong. He levied smaller tariffs, temporary, using a different law.
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KwisatzHaderach94 Mar 27, 2026 +4
give trump an inch and he'll take all the inches. good job other two branches of "checks and balances". y'all played yourselves.
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LoserBroadside Mar 27, 2026 +281
Oh, I wouldn’t get excited. The man who lies constantly about everything is probably not being on the level this time.
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bluemaga4ever Mar 27, 2026 +51
Now what would make you think that? Surely this marks a Turning Point in his career and maybe even his heart. He cares now. Just because he's only ever shown care for his own interests and just recently rejected solutions to fund TSA directly that were entirely Republican written and required no Democrat participation doesn't mean there's some ulterior motive here.
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NotUniqueWorkAccount Mar 27, 2026 +21
Some might say his heart grew 5 times larger today
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crackrabbit012 Mar 27, 2026 +30
That's just the cholesterol
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WowzaMeowza Mar 27, 2026 +5
We can only hope.
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AndrewTheGuru Mar 27, 2026 +14
Come on congestive heart failure.
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ArtIsDumb Mar 27, 2026 +3
Zero times five still equals zero.
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Acceptable-Bus-2017 Mar 27, 2026 +5
The grinches small heart grew three sizes that day. JK, he's just distracting from the Epstein files again.
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Kahzgul Mar 27, 2026 +53
Everything about this debacle has been a win: - ICE agents unmasked. - ICE agents in airports rather than on the street kidnapping and murdering people. - ICE agents front and center for thousands of Americans who hadn’t seen fascism up close before. - massive PR failure for the fascists on all fronts. - TSA workers finally learn the fascism they protect dgaf about them. And now TSA gets funding from ICE!
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okhi2u Mar 27, 2026 +18
The unmasked thing is huge hopefully people taking pictures of all of them since they like databases so much they can also be in one.
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okwowandmore Mar 27, 2026 +19
It's an anti-deficiency act violation, but laws dont matter anymore. [https://www.gao.gov/legal/appropriations-law/resources](https://www.gao.gov/legal/appropriations-law/resources)
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WanderingKing Mar 27, 2026 +5
I’ll believe in when thy actually get a paycheck
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Swimming-Tax-6087 Mar 27, 2026 +19
The extra billions in that tax cut bill that were earmarked for years that somehow now aren’t enough so that now they need more funding for ICE and CBP?
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Similar_Exam2192 Mar 27, 2026 +27
So weird to say you are going to pay for it with the tax cuts. I really think republicans are dumb enough to think the debt goes down with tax cut and revenues increase. They are really that dumb.
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ShortFatStupid666 Mar 27, 2026 +10
So…a slush fund?
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MoeSzyslakMonobrow Mar 27, 2026 +6
So, how exactly does cutting taxes for billionaires give us more money to pay TSA agents?
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ripyourlungsdave Mar 27, 2026 +3
Maybe I'm stupid, I'm kind of confused as to how a tax cut leaves the federal government with a surplus of money. How are they spending more money if they're taking in less?
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LivingtheLaws013 Mar 28, 2026 +4
How does a tax *cut* fund anything?
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BWWFC Mar 27, 2026 +29
elon's gonna dig under his couch cushions />.<\\ we all good
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Magdovus Mar 27, 2026 +16
Elon had better hope JD didn't get to those couch cushions first!
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ShortFatStupid666 Mar 27, 2026 +6
Elon has stinky fingers
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ShrimpToothpaste Mar 27, 2026 +3
Tell me more about that couch
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Dazzling-Slide8288 Mar 27, 2026 +1677
This is as legal and binding as a tweet saying “I declare that we pay the TSA agents.” Congress needs to approve the funds. It’s a *congressional* shutdown. Otherwise every president on earth could simply say they’re going to do whatever they want and congress ceases to exist.
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mkt853 Mar 27, 2026 +563
I think that's the goal. It would make the Project 2025 folks very happy for the executive to subsume even more power from other branches of government.
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redhonkey34 Mar 27, 2026 +278
>the Project 2025 folks They’re called Republicans
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BeccasDreamboat Mar 27, 2026 +90
They're repeating Nazi history complete with seig heils so call them what they are. Nazis.
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Witch-Alice Mar 27, 2026 +43
It feels like Nazis have taken over the government because Nazis have taken over the government. And not by force, their leader/puppet was elected.
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Philostronomer Mar 27, 2026 +28
So was the first Nazi leader.
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iapetus_z Mar 27, 2026 +39
That is right up until it's not them in the Executive branch. Then it's trying an afront to the American way.
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francis2559 Mar 27, 2026 +12
That’s what the Supreme Court is for, right? Lifetime appointment. Approve anything an R does, pick anything a D does apart until it dies. Until you get an R president on the throne eternally.
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Iamjacksplasmid Mar 27, 2026 +32
People keep saying this >That is right up until it's not them in the Executive branch. like it's some big "gotcha", instead of taking the next logical step. Which is, "yeah, they know that, so the only reason they would do this is because they don't expect to ever give power to anyone else. Like, ever again."
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kaizen-rai Mar 27, 2026 +35
Ok, but if everyone does what he says whether it's "legal" or not, then the words "he can't do that" have no meaning. I'm really getting sick of Trump doing something illegal, his minions go ahead and do it, and the public just goes BUT THAT'S NOT LEGAL. It doesn't matter if "Congress needs to approve the funds". Trump said move the money and his people will do it, and congress will just say YOU CANT DO THAT while they go ahead and do that. You are correct though, in that Congress right now serves no purpose and conceded all their authority to the executive branch.
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Lets_Kick_Some_Ice Mar 28, 2026 +4
Turns out our republic was held together by a gentleman's agreement that the president wouldn't steamroll the separation of powers. Turns out all the enforcement mechanisms lie with the executive branch.
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Brox42 Mar 27, 2026 +14
While that is definitely true it might actually not be completely illegal this time? The BBB gave DHS 75 extra billion dollars than they normally get to be spent over the next four years which was meant to spent on ICE but the DHS secretary might be able to spend it on TSA? I’m not sure. The government has never been this stupid before.
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DavidCaller69 Mar 27, 2026 +27
If the BBB appropriated billions to DHS (particularly ICE) it seems trivial to use that money. They spend like drunken sailors but it’s not out of the realm of possibility to use those excess funds.
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bigredm88 Mar 27, 2026 +5
Sir or ma'am, you're under the assumption that the President understands the constitution and the power/responsibilities of the three branches of government. I'm here to tell you that he doesn't.
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TheHouseOfGryffindor Mar 27, 2026 +17
Yep, but now it sets it up that if anyone pushes back on this frankly unconstitutional manner of moving funds, they’ll be portrayed as “against paying TSA agents”. So therefore few will actually oppose it. And *that* will set a fun new precedent going forward that surely won’t f*** us all over tenfold!
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KamaIsLife Mar 27, 2026 +846
Didn't the House reject the funding bill because Trump told them to?
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oakleez Mar 27, 2026 +387
Yes. It was the Senate GOP's turn for a meaningless vote so they can say "See!? We tried to help!" While on the campaign trail.
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msr42day Mar 27, 2026 +76
Not going to help because their House colleagues just stated that they don't care about the electorate and other US residents who travel by air. This simply is unbelievably short sighted.
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oakleez Mar 27, 2026 +19
They take turns pretending to care when they know the other chamber will continue the oligarchy. Like I said, this time it was the Senate cosplaying as empathetic.
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islandsimian Mar 27, 2026 +22
The same reason Bidens bipartisan border bill got killed - Trump wanted credit for doing it instead
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SpakenBacon Mar 27, 2026 +37
Trump throwing Mike Johnson under the bus
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LunarMoon2001 Mar 27, 2026 +11
Now he gets to say he brought them back to work while democrats didn’t. It’s all about lying and ego.
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float05 Mar 27, 2026 +3
And headlines like this don't help. Should say "after House REPUBLICANS reject funding bill"
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Violet_Paradox Mar 27, 2026 +599
I see the scheme, hopefully people aren't dumb enough to fall for it. Congressional Republicans, under Trump's orders, sabotage the legal way to pay them, Trump steps in and illegally "solves the problem" that he created in the first place. This creates the narrative that Congress is an inefficiency in the system and that unilateral presidential decrees are the solution, and the government should cede even more power to him. 
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OddPerformance Mar 27, 2026 +177
Way too many are dumb enough to fall for it.
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altcntrl Mar 27, 2026 +54
Republicans create the problem they claim to fix often. It’s a top move. When they aren’t busy projecting their evilness into hypothetical situations to get people to sign away their freedom they’re side stepping issues they’ve actually created.
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DisillusionedPatriot Mar 28, 2026 +14
[10 of the 11 recessions, ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_presidential_party) since the 1950s, we're cause by Republicans. They have always been the saboteurs.
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msr42day Mar 27, 2026 +11
Are US residents this under-informed and lacking in skepticism to believe this SOS ( Save Our Ship) that Republicans plus pres47 freiends&family are transmitting? This crowd of individuals simply do not care about their constiuents (of any party affiliation) or their duty to govern. Incompetence and cowardice reign.
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timify10 Mar 27, 2026 +142
The president does not have the power to declare. Only Congress has the power of the purse. Article I, Section 8
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rideadove Mar 27, 2026 +115
We’re also not supposed to go to war without congress approval and look how that’s going.
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BigJellyfish1906 Mar 27, 2026 +23
He’s still in the bounds of the AUMF until the end of April. And republicans in Congress has refused to rein him in in the interim. 
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ARazorbacks Mar 27, 2026 +149
If this sticks then this is a loss for America. This is Trump spending federal money however he wants regardless of Congress. That’s not how our Constitution is designed.  I‘m sorry, TSA. I want you to get paid, but not at the expense of our Constitution. 
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captain_chocolate Mar 27, 2026 +46
This is trump rescuing TSA from a crisis that trump created. The rejection by johnson and GOP was performative politics.
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ARazorbacks Mar 27, 2026 +36
This is setting precedent that Trump can write an EO and spend money wherever he wants without Congress’s consent. 
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BigJellyfish1906 Mar 27, 2026 +5
You’re giving him way too much credit. He doesn’t have the money to pay them. Not even close. 
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Mysterious-Ruby Mar 28, 2026 +3
Trump can do whatever he wants according to the SCOTUS. We don't need a congress anymore.
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ThermalDeviator Mar 27, 2026 +159
So everyone who waited in line for six hours didn't have to. Why do Republicans hate Americans?
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prestocoffee Mar 27, 2026 +67
Because Republicans and MAGA hate Americans. They want their version over all.
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FuggyGlasses Mar 27, 2026 +8
Because they have perks.(congress and the senate) Remove those perks  and watch how strongly they'll fight for the rest of the population.  
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KopOut Mar 27, 2026 +127
So… why didn’t you just do that in the first place? It’s been more than a month of suffering and delays and you could have stopped it with a signature? That’s fucked up.
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losark Mar 27, 2026 +90
That's the best part. Legally, he can't. F****** gets away with it anyway.
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JeebusChristBalls Mar 27, 2026 +19
I mean, he is defying the constitution. He has no power to pay people without a congressionally approved budget. He is breaking the law again.
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BigJellyfish1906 Mar 27, 2026 +6
There isn’t enough free money to cover even one pay period, let alone the back pay. In typical Trump fashion, he’s setting himself up for a huge embarrassment just so “this afternoon’s headlines” are marginally better. 
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Low-Invite2647 Mar 27, 2026 +34
Causes a problem.Then sweeps in to act like he solved it.over and over and over again.🤦🏽‍♂️
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Nythoren Mar 27, 2026 +91
Step 1: create a problem Step 2: blame it on the Democrats Step 3: solve the problem you created Step 4: take credit and blame the Democrats some more
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islandsimian Mar 27, 2026 +24
Step 1.5: make it painful for all Americans to gain attention
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JeebusChristBalls Mar 27, 2026 +6
He didn't solve a problem. He has no money to pay for this. There is no budget and congress approves the budget. If any money gets spent for pay as a result of this EO, then he has successfully eroded the separation of state once again.
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MrMichaelJames Mar 27, 2026 +4
Is it solved though? All I heard is he is going to pay them what they are due. What about next paycheck?
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_Heathcliff_ Mar 27, 2026 +19
I love that he isn’t smart enough to see how this proves that them not being paid was his fault to begin with.
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sjogerst Mar 28, 2026 +15
I would like to point out that a lack of congressional action to fund something is one of the primary checks and balances that Congress can wield. An executive deciding to fund something outside of congressional approval is authoritarian by definition.
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russellc6 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Exactly this Ask MAGA ... So why did he wait 40 days if it was legal to do anyway I always ask "Why Now?" Iran war, removing sanctions, etc... Why not day 1?
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TintedApostle Mar 27, 2026 +14
Article 1 - Section 9 - Clause 7 Appropriations: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
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redacted_robot Mar 27, 2026 +3
But that doesn't say The King can't just do whatever he wants.... they're gonna have to make new laws for having a king.
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Good_old_Marshmallow Mar 27, 2026 +30
Remember when the supreme court said that Biden couldn't forgive student loans because anything politically controversial had to be approved by congress?
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nezumipi Mar 27, 2026 +53
I'm not constitutional scholar, but doesn't congress control the purse strings?
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argama87 Mar 27, 2026 +37
By law and ideally, yes. This administration does not give AF though and does whatever it wants while congress does nothing about it.
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TintedApostle Mar 27, 2026 +26
Yes. The EO is illegal
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Initial-Constant-645 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Yes, but Congress over the last several decades, has ceded power to the Executive Branch. This is just another example. It's also not going to be good optics to run to the courts and argue that the TSA shouldn't get paid.
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brazendynamic Mar 27, 2026 +10
If you think this isn't exactly why the House rejected it, to give him the chance to sign this order, you're an idiot.
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TheWalrus_15 Mar 27, 2026 +10
How is the government funded again??
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markuus99 Mar 28, 2026 +8
This is either illegal or he could have done this a month ago
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rjcade Mar 28, 2026 +9
I could've sworn it was Congress that held the power of the purse but I guess not.
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Enlightened_D Mar 27, 2026 +8
If he can do that what stops him from doing this to fund everything else? Unless this is exactly what they are setting up to do and are testing the waters. Especially doesn’t make sense when a bill has passed the Senate to fund TSA, I understand the House need to approve it.
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readerf52 Mar 27, 2026 +7
Better question: if he can do this *now*, wtf did he make those people go weeks/months without pay, without food for kids, without money for gas to get to their very important job? There are so many questions that not only go unanswered, but also unasked. We need to hold the press accountable for glossing over so many important parts and giving an impression that the GOP is functioning and doing their jobs. They are not.
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StrainExternal7301 Mar 28, 2026 +7
i thought he wasn’t signing anything until the SAVE Act passed? i’m starting to think this guy might be lying to us
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IsThisKismet Mar 28, 2026 +9
I’m so glad he fixed the thing that he broke in the first place. Could he hurry up and fix the rest of his messes and then let himself out.
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BigToeGhost Mar 28, 2026 +8
Why do we need Congress if he can just demand it
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Simpicity Mar 27, 2026 +15
Because obviously the Congress controls the purse, but if they don't pay for something the president wants, that's an emergency.
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BlinkToThePast Mar 27, 2026 +3
Order Congressional Republicans not to pass the bill that would pay your TSA then use that as an excuse to power grab by appropriating funds for something else. which to my understanding isn't something your president has the legal power to do. Then good luck to anyone who challenges this illegal actions since they'll just blame you for not paying the people.
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UpvoteForPancakes Mar 28, 2026 +8
Our government is broken beyond repair.
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broc_ariums Mar 28, 2026 +7
This can't be legal right?
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GumbySquad Mar 27, 2026 +24
Is anyone else sick and tired of “everything good is due to dt and everything bad is due to dt’s ’enemies?” This record is broke beyond logical comprehension. How does anyone who is cognizant of reality twist their brains to truly believe he is infallible? … oh yeah, my bad. Cults and Religious fanatics. That’s why.
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Ornery_Flounder3142 Mar 28, 2026 +6
Is this legal? Does it even matter? I hate this whole f****** shitshow.
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CipherWeaver Mar 28, 2026 +6
Trump still deadass thinks that EOs are laws. 
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Evilkenevil77 Mar 27, 2026 +15
I'm happy they are finally going to be paid, but this was entirely caused by him.
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Washburne221 Mar 27, 2026 +9
I seriously doubt they are going to get paid. It's like if he signed an executive order to make the sun less bright.
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abusuru Mar 27, 2026 +5
Propose a bill to ratify the EO. Make the Republicans vote against Trump lol
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spirosand Mar 28, 2026 +5
House rejects bill at Trumps urging. Get your headline right.
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Ok-Focus-5362 Mar 28, 2026 +6
So that begs the other question, is ICE leaving the airports now? Or are they now a permanent fixture forever? 
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moxxibekk Mar 28, 2026 +5
Exactly. This seems like a roundabout way to have his secret police standing guard for people trying to leave.
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daretoredd Mar 28, 2026 +5
Which he could have done weeks ago.  What a disconnected piece of privileged garbage.
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Journeyman-Joe Mar 27, 2026 +9
> The White House said money to pay TSA employees will come from the big tax cut bill Trump signed into law last year, which funneled billions of dollars in extra funds to DHS — money that has kept immigration enforcement agents paid throughout the shutdown. Taking money away from CBP / ICE to pay TSA? I'm OK with that.
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Ohio_gal Mar 27, 2026 +8
Hey look, another constitutional crisis!
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rhj2020 Mar 27, 2026 +8
This sounds illegal. If a president could do this there would never be a shutdown. The political gain for the side not in power would be irrelevant.
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Dananism Mar 28, 2026 +8
Spoiler: He can’t legally do that. But who’s gonna stop him? Lol
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Foxhack Mar 28, 2026 +7
Is he going to pay their salaries himself? Because he can't just order the money be used. That's not for him to decide.
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Additional_Quiet2600 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Apparently it is now. Goddamn dictator.
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Foxhack Mar 28, 2026 +3
Then where is the money coming from? The bribes he's been getting since taking office?
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float05 Mar 27, 2026 +4
This headline is so misleading, and appears to make him a hero. Should say "after House REPUBLICANS reject funding bill." I mean, AP is usually pretty good so I'm not saying it's on purpose, but I feel like the hypocrisy and illogic should be more on display.
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jqman69 Mar 27, 2026 +3
With what money? Congress appropriates funds...well used to anyways
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scandalous01 Mar 27, 2026 +5
After “republicans” reject funding them 
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Wisesize Mar 28, 2026 +5
I'm confused, if he can pay and reopen TSA, wtf is the bill for? He can pay ICE if he wants to?
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MiniAndretti Mar 28, 2026 +8
He can’t. There is no budget. He’s blowing through any discretionary spending with military strikes.
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cavis304 Mar 28, 2026 +4
ICE in the airports aren’t going away, ever. This was all planned.
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Brownrainboze Mar 28, 2026 +4
Nothing means anything
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Bocote Mar 28, 2026 +6
I have no idea how the US government functions these days. I mean, I didn't know much before, but now absolutely nothing makes sense to me.
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Cosmic_Lust_Temple Mar 28, 2026 +5
So... he just went around the republicans to do what the democrats were trying to do?
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jaquarman Mar 28, 2026 +3
The Republicans will probably try to swing it that they were the advocates for this whole thing, not the ones blocking it. And people will buy it. And it will suck
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ImploreUToReconsider Mar 28, 2026 +4
Would this not be a clear sign of incrementalism? He has made it so he could keep ICE in the airports for at least the next 60 days, and presumably expand ICE operations at major international hubs. After this, the November midterms are the last clear sign of democracy. If he passes the SAVE act and uses ICE to intimidate opposition at the poles, that's it, we have transitioned into a dictatorship.
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Single-Use-Again Mar 28, 2026 +3
One thing's for sure...DT has sunk the Republicans ship. They're toast for the foreseeable future.
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spin_kick Mar 28, 2026 +4
Never underestimate what racists are willing to vote for
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personofshadow Mar 28, 2026 +4
Can he even do that with an executive order? I know he loves to act like they're royal edicts, but aren't they actually remarkably limited in what they can actually do?
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taizzle71 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Lol! Jeez. I withheld their pay, then now I released it. Now I'm a hero.
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quts3 Mar 27, 2026 +7
He must be paying out of his own pocket because he sure as hell don't have the authority, without Congress, to assign the money we payed in taxes to this.
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RociBuldidi Mar 27, 2026 +6
lol, that’s not the way any of this works. But if we pretend it is, then why didn’t he just pay them a month ago lol
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captainedwinkrieger Mar 27, 2026 +6
A****** should pay them himself. He made 4 billion on crypto scams last year.
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dburr10085 Mar 27, 2026 +3
It’s like if Dorothy had just clicked her heels when she landed, she would’ve gone through so much. They both had the power all along - who knew he could have paid them weeks ago??
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ichoosewaffles Mar 27, 2026 +3
"TSA employees will come from the big tax cut bill Trump signed into law last year"  Doesn't the money to pay them already exist from tickets and such?
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Impressive_Wrap_7869 Mar 27, 2026 +3
The executive can’t just fund the government. So I’m not sure where he thinks the money is going to come from?
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Calm-Maintenance-878 Mar 27, 2026 +3
“Due to the radical left…so radical, I, the president of these United States…” Could have saved everyone a headache and done this last month. That would have meant 4-5 weeks of hypothetically actually talking about the DHS funding. Instead…nothing happening and the House is headed home. TSA will be paid, which is nice, but what a waste of time. Nobody wins when we run America like this, not even the majority that keep saying this is winning.
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muabreily Mar 27, 2026 +3
Okay but is it continuing pay..or just their back pay lump sum and then back to free labor?
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NerdimusSupreme Mar 27, 2026 +3
Is this out of the Qatari slush fund?
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Artistic_Skill1117 Mar 28, 2026 +3
You mean to tell me he could have just done that and didn't? Wow...
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DonViper Mar 28, 2026 +3
Now tell me if I am wrong but is not the executive order the same as bad toilet paper without the houses support?
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xero420 Mar 28, 2026 +3
He probably made a deal to have Melania be the exclusive in flight film.
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MotherOfGeeks Mar 28, 2026 +3
I think that would violate the Geneva convention, so you might be right.
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PhotoPhenik Mar 28, 2026 +3
I hear the TSA agents are ordering TACOs.  
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Jackal-Noble Mar 28, 2026 +3
Maybe should have done that before those 2 Canada Air pilots died for no reason
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JeebusChristBalls Mar 27, 2026 +7
"Trump defies constitution again by signing executive order in place a congressional budget". That should be the headline.
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Brick_Lab Mar 27, 2026 +4
This whole regime is a f****** shitshow
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LeftHandedGraffiti Mar 27, 2026 +4
And here I thought Congress controlled the purse strings.
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