Trump lowered ‘temperature’ on Minnesota, wants to avoid shutdown: Bessent

President Donald Trump has “brought down the temperature” on Minnesota, the site of major civil unrest over aggressive federal immigration efforts, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday.

Trump is now “urging” Congress to take action to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown amid disputes over federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security, Bessent told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”

The shutdown could begin at 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday unless lawmakers come to a resolution on the DHS funding, which a slew of Democrats have rejected in light of the recent killing of nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.

Trump is “in constant contact” with lawmakers “and he is urging them not to shut down the government,” Bessent told CNBC.

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