‘Tick Tock, Trump’s Teasing Something Big’: Jesse Watters [WATCH]

A Fox News segment led by Jesse Watters featured pointed exchanges and video clips from President Donald Trump, Rep. Tom McClintock, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Rep. Ilhan Omar, and Scott Bessent, focusing on the termination of temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota and renewed efforts to crack down on fraud tied to welfare and public benefits.

Watters opened the segment by previewing what he described as a decisive shift in policy under President Trump.

“Tick tock, Trump’s teasing something big,” Watters said.

“Quote, fear not great, people of Minnesota, the Day of Reckoning and retribution is coming. 47 saying. Sayonara Somalis, he just ended their temporary protected status, something Democrats have used for years to let illegals flood the country. We gave Somalians temporary protection 35 years ago, Biden renewed it on his way out the door right after he pardoned his fam. But Trump says, time’s up.”

Trump, speaking in a video clip aired during the segment, sharply criticized Somali recipients of welfare benefits and accused them of committing fraud.

“They’re scammers. They’re scammers. They always will be,” Trump said.

“We’re getting them out, and we’re not going to pay them. They came from a place with nothing, and they come here and they drive around in Mercedes Benz. You know, the Mercedes Benz dealers do well in that area of Minnesota. Can you believe it? They have nothing. They get welfare payments and they have Mercedes Benz. It angers me so much.”

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Watters cited statistics he said demonstrate the scale of welfare dependency in Minnesota’s Somali population.

“81% of Somalis are on some kind of welfare,” Watters said.

“They came here for a free ride. That’s not the American dream. They’re bleeding us dry, but Democrats love getting soaked. That’s why they’re blocking a bill that would deport illegal fraudsters.”

That legislation was addressed by Rep. Tom McClintock, who appeared in a clip explaining how changes to the bill would weaken enforcement.

“This bill says if you admit to fraud, you’re deportable,” McClintock said.

“The amendment removes this provision. The amendment says even if the alien admits to the fraud, they can remain here indefinitely. Now that’s absurd.”

Watters argued that when lawmakers face criticism over fraud enforcement, they pivot to accusations of racism rather than addressing the issue.

“And when common sense runs out, they don’t change the playbook,” Watters said.

“They play the race card.”

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison responded in a clip by questioning the role of immigration agents in fraud investigations.

“Immigration enforcement agents aren’t trained to investigate fraud and randomly stopping people in the street because you don’t like their accent isn’t going to stop fraud,” Ellison said.

Watters countered that enforcing the law against fraud is not discriminatory.

“Now it’s not our fault. The scammers are Somali,” Watters said.

“Well, it kind of is, because we brought them here and tolerated it, but getting them out isn’t racist. That’s putting America first.”

Trump, in another clip, vowed criminal penalties and deportation for those who defraud Americans.

“If you come to America to rob Americans, we’re throwing you in jail, and we’re sending you back to the place from where you came,” Trump said.

“We’re throwing you right in jail.”

Watters said fraud tied to public programs has been widely known in Minnesota for years and extends beyond state borders.

“Fraud has been an open secret in Minnesota for years,” Watters said.

“It’s happening all over the country. Musk tried to stop it, so Democrats bombed his cars, and now they’re bragging he didn’t catch them all.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar dismissed claims that significant fraud had been uncovered, referencing Elon Musk’s involvement in federal oversight efforts.

“You saw when Elon Musk was put ahead of Doge, they were supposed to find fraud and waste,” Omar said.

“They essentially really didn’t.”

Watters responded by pointing to prosecutions and investigations already underway.

“Well, yeah, he did,” Watters said.

“He found it federally, and then the DOJ found it in Minnesota, you do the crime, you do the time, right, wrong, the Somalis got caught bribing the jury.”

Scott Bessent detailed one such case involving attempted jury bribery.

“One of the Somali fraudsters tried to bribe a juror with $120,000 what turned out she’d been given $200,000 to bribe the juror, and she skimmed $80,000,” Bessent said.

Watters concluded that the pattern of corruption speaks for itself.

“They skimmed the skim,” he said.

“They really are gangsters, but Trump’s the captain now, and it’s game over.”

Trump closed the segment with comments about conditions in Somalia and his view on corruption originating there.

“She lives in Somalia,” Trump said.

“They don’t have a government, they don’t have a military, they don’t have police, they don’t have anything. All they have is murder and robbing ships, bringing in ships pirates that stopped same missile ping. That’s the end of them. It’s amazing how that can stop corruption, those missiles, they never miss.”

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