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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Pentagon puts troops on standby for possible Minneapolis deployment

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

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4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Pentagon puts troops on standby for possible Minneapolis deployment

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0:00.0

Can Americans trust what's coming out about the status of this investigation right now?

0:09.0

The rhetoric that's coming out from a lot of our politicians is to not trust us, which is very odd to me when a lot of Americans would rather believe what they see on TikTok compared to a government

0:25.4

agency.

0:25.9

I was the head of enforcement and removal operations for ICE pushing back against mistrust

0:32.5

of the agency in the wake of Renee Goods' death.

0:35.4

It comes as the Pentagon is putting 1,500 soldiers on standby

0:38.5

for possible deployment to Minnesota.

0:40.8

The question is, does this signal that President Trump

0:43.0

is ready to invoke the Insurrection Act?

0:46.4

Meanwhile, the president is punishing eight NATO allies

0:48.9

who oppose his pursuit of acquiring Greenland.

0:52.0

The question is, how will the leaders of these European countries

0:54.6

respond? Plus, a new letter from President Trump appears to give insight on why he's so dead set

1:01.2

on buying the Arctic Island. The question is, is the president really willing to threaten the future

1:06.1

of NATO because he felt snubbed? It's way too early for this.

1:21.9

Good morning and welcome to way too early,

1:25.7

the show that stayed up a bit too late, way too late watching football.

1:28.9

I'm also buoyed by the new optimism of having a new coach in New York, Team Harbaugh. I'm Ali Vitale on this Monday, January 19th. We're going to

1:34.2

start with the news. A few headlines we're following this morning, but especially this one,

1:38.3

the Pentagon ordering about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready for possible deployment

1:43.2

to Minnesota amid a major immigration

1:45.2

enforcement operation.

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