Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz will speak to newsroom leaders and former editor of Prime Minister Patrick Coolican, Minnesota Reformers, at Royal Sonesta in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo: Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)

Gov. Tim Waltz on Thursday said communication between the state and federal government under the Second Trump administration “doesn’t exist,” opening the door to catastrophe in the case of natural disasters or other emergencies.

In an interview with Waltz Reformers Patrick Coolican, editor of the state’s newsroom conference in Minneapolis, said the Trump administration is the next disaster (not ready like another global pandemic), which makes the state particularly vulnerable.

“The flow of information is being destroyed between the state and the federal government and we can’t get an answer. No one is allowed to talk to us. That’s really a problem,” Walz said.

The Minnesota governor said silence from the federal government is different from the first Trump administration. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Walz said then-President Mike Pence would call him every few weeks to see what he needed to check in. He said he felt Pence would call him “under the radar, so he didn’t get anyone’s attention.”

“In the first Trump administration, there were many great people who did a good job despite being a president,” Waltz said.

Waltz said one of his biggest fears was a cybersecurity attack. Trump administration Slashed millions of dollars due to several cybersecurity initiatives And then reduced work from Cybersecurity and infrastructure security agencies; This will help protect the country’s critical infrastructure.

Waltz discussed the Trump administration’s agenda, particularly the country’s role in opposing the immigration agenda and the current Democrats’ lack of mal.

Minnesota is increasingly dependent on immigrants needed to fill the jobs vacant by the elderly workforce. “There are no cows in Minnesota that are not milked by immigrants,” he said. Waltz said Minnesota would not be ordered to enforce immigration laws, but he said it was a federal duty.

Waltz repeated the spills he was given nationwide, including a recent Democratic event in South Carolina. This is traditionally an early stage in the president’s primary calendar, and we speculate that he is considering the president’s running.

He said he wasn’t running, he simply used his megaphone to help fill the vacuum left by the Democrats.

The governor urged Democrats to understand how to become a working-class party again, saying Democrats need to fill every lane in the media environment to reach voters.

“I’ve come to the conclusion that Trump will fill up so much space that they have to fill all of these new spaces. “If your message is good, you want to be out there.”

Waltz supported the idea of ​​former DNC Chair Howard Dean and his 2005-06 “Fifth State Project.”

“We probably never beat Idaho, but… you had to be there for that,” Waltz said.

Waltz said Democrats should turn where they hold early primary elections to reach more voters.

When asked which states would retain their first primary, Waltz died of “Minnesota.”

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