President Donald Trump took aim at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday, calling the New York Democrat to a “Palestinian leader” and predicting his defeat in the next primary.

Trump made the comments during a visit to Memphis, Tennessee, where he joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi for a roundtable on the Memphis Safe Task Force.

After accusing Democratic leaders of putting the country “at great risk” during the ongoing military conflict with Iran — which Trump insisted on calling “a military operation,” not a war — he turned his fire on Schumer specifically.

“Schumer is gone, he’s a Palestinian. He should be fighting on the side of Palestine. He’s actually become a Palestinian leader,” Trump said. It was not the first time Trump has deployed the line; he has made similar remarks about Schumer on multiple prior occasions.

“I’ve never seen a man change so much,” he said. “He used to be pro-Israel, now he’s pro-Palestinian, I’ve never seen anything like it.”

He then pivoted to electoral politics, predicting that Schumer’s perceived shift on the issue would cost him his seat. “He’s worried he’s going to lose his next election, which it only depends, if anybody runs against him. If anybody runs against him he’ll lose. But he’s gone very whacky and very dangerous for our country.”

Earlier in the Memphis remarks, Trump addressed the TSA staffing shortage at American airports, laying blame on Democrats and touting his decision to deploy ICE agents to supplement airport security. He also took credit for directing those agents to remove their masks while on duty at terminals.

“I didn’t love the look in the airport as you get off the plane,” Trump said, explaining his reasoning. “So, I made a request, and they agreed to it.” He added that the National Guard could be mobilized to assist at airports if staffing shortfalls continue.

Trump also used the airport remarks to revisit his immigration record, claiming that the Biden administration had “allowed hundreds of thousands of killers into our country” and asserting that his administration is “rapidly getting them out.”

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