Noel King

But I think that it is an important signal to the Trump administration that they should start looking for a way out.

You're right, though, they had been completely silent.

We published a story a couple weeks ago, 10 days ago, making that very point.

We called a bunch of these corporations and the lobby group that represents the biggest companies, and they didn't even get back to us.

I think they were bruised by the George Floyd experience, where many of them made robust statements in support of DEI and racial equity.

And of course, there was a backlash to that and then a backlash to the backlash.

And so I think they chose silence.

And at a certain point, that became untenable.

So it's one of the signals to me that there's some cracks in the Trump armor.

J. Patrick Kulikin is editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer.

And speaking of cracks, President Trump said on Truth Social this afternoon that Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz called him and they seem to be, quote, on a similar wavelength.

Coming up, the Senate votes this week on whether to fund the Department of Homeland Security, including ICE and Border Patrol.

And some Democrats say they're going to shut the government down again.

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