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Game, Set, Match: ICE

Whether in a war to save civilization from fanatics, in beating back election cheating, in deportations of illegals, or in exposing and punishing deep state interference, it’s not a good idea to bet against Trump winning. 

Clarice Feldman | March 22, 2026

Despite the fact that funding for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) was already set for three years, Senate Democrats insisted on shutting down funding for DHS (Department of Homeland Security), CBP (Customs and Border Protection), and TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) in an effort to geld ICE. This partial shutdown lasted over 30 days, with delays at airports reaching as long as three hours. TSA workers, unpaid for weeks, were quitting. The Democrats wanted to force the Administration to change the policies and practices of ICE.

The partial shutdown also negatively impacted the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and FEMA operations, also under DHS, raising real national security issues. Elon Musk offered to pay the TSA agents out of his own pocket. The Democrats threatened to sue him to prevent that.

On Saturday, the President ordered ICE to assist the security operations at airports, effectively removing any leverage the Senate Democrats hoped to capitalize on in the hope that angry travelers would force the administration to buckle.

"If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before..."

"If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before..."

On Friday night the IDF and U.S. effected one of the longest, strongest waves of attacks on Tehran. As quickly as eliminated regime leaders are replaced, their replacements are also eliminated. Ballistic missiles buried deep underground, have been hit with bunker buster bombs, destroying not only the bombs but also pinning beyond rescue the personnel (probably in the hundreds) located there. Drones are targeting those Basij forces on the ground, aided by Iranian civilians sending in location information. 

Critics foolishly tried to suggest that the temporary closure of the Gulf of Hormuz proved the Administration had not thought through all the consequences of attacking Iran. We have eliminated all the military stationed on the chokepoint and Kharg Island, bombed the missile sites aimed at the Strait and, since it is other countries who depend on oil shipped through the Strait, Trump told them it was up to them to secure passage. As of this weekend, 22 countries have pledged to do this. In the meantime, Trump has issued a threat:

"If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!"

"If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!"

To lessen the shock on oil prices, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced that we are temporarily removing the sanctions on Russian oil which is parked on the seas (130 million barrels of which are in floating storage outside the Strait along with another 140 million barrels of Venezuelan oil........

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