Amid the chaos of "Operation Metro Surge" in Minnesota, Donald Trump's claim of a "very good call" with Democratic Gov. Tim Walz isn't an olive branch. It is deception from a grifters handbook. Pretend to be the friend of your enemy. That is Trump's game. Facing blistering legal and political blowback for deploying thousands of federal agents to Minneapolis, Trump needs to silence critics. Pretending to be Tim's friend is the Trump way to do it. The murdering warmonger claims he should get a peace prize, so lies concerning a "very good call" are natural to Trump.
Walz's office states Trump's call was brief and transactional. The call was initiated by Trump. Governor Walz advocated for federal disaster aid in the call following severe storms and tornadoes that struck Minnesota in response. An official from Walz's office emphatically rejects the Trump characterization of a "very good call" as implying any political alignment or agreements.
Walz's office confirms the call was brief, focused on securing federal disaster aid after severe storms. A governor doing his job in an awkward moment. But in Trump's alchemy, that routine request was spun into gold, an illusion of consensus. It did not really matter what Tim Walz said. Trump twists events to his own purpose.
Real time Machiavellian politics. The substance of the conversation was irrelevant. The utility of the conversation is everything. By fabricating a public facade of cooperation with governor Walz, Trump aims to achieve three goals. Normalize the unprecedented abuse of power, confuse and fracture public resolve, and legitimize murder by distraction.
Normalize the unprecedented. This deployment of a domestic army of ICE and CBP agents is terrorizing Minnesota. Their occupation vastly outnumbers the Minneapolis police force. Re-framing the interaction as a "very good" chat deflects Trump's radical assault on state sovereignty into being just another day's business.
The message to Minnesotans is that your governor and I are getting along, so how bad can this really be? Trump sows doubt, he fractures resolve. He blunts the condemnation of his critics. He does this with intent. The Trump occupation is mired in lawsuits and clear video evidence shows two people murdered. The "good call" narrative is a planned distraction. It pushes the cold-blooded murder of Alex Pretti and Renee Good out of the headlines. Replacing Trumps brutality with a staged show of control is meant to confuse the public and legitimize the illegitimate. It is a weaponized lie.
Trump is a cult leader. A cult leader like Jim Jones and America is Trump's Jonestown. Like Jones, Trump stages a public persona of compassion and alliance. He performs for politicians and press in a meticulous performance. Fabricating the perception of widespread acceptance to silence skeptics and disarm critics. Trump followers like sheep to slaughter trust their Trump curated reality over what their own eyes burn into their brain. Trump's "very good call" is a performance of consensus, designed to discredit the actual verifiable reality of fear, occupation, control, and grief playing out in Minnesota. Trump demands the public drink from the poison cup of his false narrative to ignore the bitter truth of his occupation which can be clearly seen from multiple angles.
The people of Minnesota aren't confused. They see the agents in their streets. Their businesses are closed, and they live in fear. But Minnesota is only one State, and Trump performs on the national stage, for the whole country. National deception.
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