“Blame the Democrats for the Airport’s mess. They want our country to do badly. They want our country to fail,” the president wrote in a social media post.
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The bedlam at airports has gotten so bad that President Donald Trump may deploy the National Guard to help ICE agents and TSA at security lines across the country, as travelers continue to encounter unending holdups.
Trump commented about the debacle again on Wednesday in a Truth Social post thanking ICE agents for assisting at airports, and insinuated of deploying the National Guard, according to a story by The Daily Wire.
“Blame the Democrats for the Airport’s mess. They want our country to do badly. They want our country to fail,” the president wrote. “They broke the already signed Bill because they want to take care of Criminals who enter our Country illegally, rather than American citizens. Thank you to our great ICE Patriots for helping. It makes a big difference. I may call up the National Guard for more help.”
Ah, but there’s more. Even if the Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends, another test will await TSA: Retaining and recruiting agents.
Adam Stahl, the TSA Deputy Administrator told The Daily Wire that a rough road lies ahead as officers are working right now with zero pay, and since the shutdown started about 480 have left, according to DHS. The department confirmed to The Daily Wire that there was an over 11% callout rate of agents nationwide on Tuesday, and the percentage was much higher at some major airports.
🚨 National Guard option raised:
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) March 23, 2026
President Trump signals he may deploy troops to airports as pressure mounts over ongoing disruptions.pic.twitter.com/HkgCQhitWL
Agents will receive back pay once the shutdown concludes, but Stahl noted that some officers are sleeping in their cars because they cannot afford gas to drive to work, while others are resorting to selling their blood to pay the bills.
“I can tell you, it’s not gonna be good,” Stahl said during a press conference at Reagan National Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
“The first shutdown, we saw an increase of 25% in attrition after the lapse of the first shutdown,” he added regarding the full federal government shutdown in the fall.
Stahl said that “this is gonna get worse” for TSA the longer it goes unfunded, adding that there will be “reverberations of this for a long time.” He said major upcoming events like the World Cup and regular summer travel could put an additional strain on air travel.
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