Stuart Rhodes, the Yale Law graduate and Army airborne veteran who founded the Oath Keepers, just delivered the most powerful message President Trump has heard since taking office – and the mainstream media is pretending it never happened.
Standing alongside retired Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Raiklin outside the White House, Rhodes laid out an explosive case for why the President must invoke the Insurrection Act immediately to address what he calls an ongoing rebellion in Minnesota. And folks, the evidence he presented is absolutely damning.
A Warrior Recognizes a Warrior
Rhodes revealed something deeply personal during the press conference – a tattoo he got while imprisoned after the January 6 prosecutions. He described watching President Trump get shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, then rise with blood streaming down his face, fist pumping in the air, shouting "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
"That moment proved Trump has a warrior's heart," Rhodes declared. "Inmates across all races gained respect for Trump that day. God spared his life for a reason – to fulfill his destiny and save the Republic."
Let that sink in, Patriots. A man who went to federal prison rather than bear false witness against President Trump is now calling on the Commander-in-Chief to embrace the moment he was born for.
The Minnesota Crisis: A CCP Surrogate Running the Show?
The revelations about Governor Tim Walz should have every American demanding answers. Rhodes and Raiklin exposed Walz's thirty trips to China, his 1989 teaching position with alleged personal connections to Chinese Communist Party officials, and funding from Chinese sources now under congressional investigation as potential foreign influence operations.
And what is this alleged CCP surrogate doing? He's calling federal ICE operations a "modern-day Gestapo" while issuing orders to the Minnesota National Guard asserting they exist to protect state interests against federal authority.
Sound familiar? It should. This is the exact playbook segregationist governors used in the 1950s – and President Eisenhower didn't hesitate to crush it.
Historical Precedent Is Crystal Clear
The Insurrection Act has been invoked approximately thirty times in American history. Thomas Jefferson used it in 1807. Lincoln wielded it throughout the Civil War. When Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered his National Guard to block school integration in 1957, Eisenhower nationalized those troops and deployed the 101st Airborne to escort Black students into Little Rock Central High School.
Rhodes argues the same constitutional authority applies to Minnesota right now. Federal law enforcement is facing armed resistance. American citizens are being brutally attacked at deportation rallies – stabbings, beatings – while local police stand down in violation of their oaths.
The Warning About Summer 2026
Here's what should terrify every American who remembers the chaos of 2020: Rhodes and Raiklin warned that if decisive action isn't taken now, the violence next summer will make those riots look like a warm-up act.
They're calling for President Trump to join forces with Elon Musk, Dana White, and DNI Tulsi Gabbard for a massive declassification event – the Twitter files, the Fauci files, every piece of evidence exposing Deep State corruption – before the March 2026 primaries. Let the American people see the truth and purge the corrupt officials themselves through the ballot box.
The Bottom Line
Fourteen Oath Keepers received commutations, but Rhodes emphasized that twelve still need full pardons. Eight are veterans who lost all benefits. But more than pardons, these men want their country back.
Rhodes issued a stark warning that should echo through the halls of the West Wing: "If the President does not fix this, the American people will have to fix it themselves."
President Trump survived an assassin's bullet. He endured years of lawfare, impeachment hoaxes, and Deep State sabotage. He won a historic mandate from the American people.
The question now is simple: Will he use it?
God saved Donald Trump for a reason. The men who went to prison rather than betray him are asking him to fulfill that destiny. The Republic is watching.