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Trump suggests his shakeup of federal officials in Minnesota may 'de-escalate' things

President Donald Trump spoke of his sending "border czar" Tom Homan to Minnesota during an interview on Fox News' "Will Cain Show" on Tuesday saying, "we're going to de-escalate a little bit."

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That's significant since White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, when questioned repeatedly Monday about Homan's being dispatched to Minnesota, refused to say that doing so was an effort to calm the situation.

The president added of Homan, "Tom, as tough as he is, gets along" with governors and mayors, even in Democratic areas.

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Trump also spoke of Bovino, who has been sent out of Minnesota. He said Bovino is "very good" but also that "he's a pretty out-there kind of a guy" and "maybe it wasn't good here."

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