ICE vs. Bathtub Viking: The Slushy Showdown We All Needed

The surreal spectacle of President Trump's mass deportation push reached absurd new heights when an AI-generated video of a Viking-costumed protester fleeing in a wheeled bathtub went viral, briefly fooling even prominent Democrats and mocking the chaos gripping Minnesota.

Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's massive immigration enforcement campaign, has flooded the Minneapolis area with thousands of federal agents since late 2025.

Officials describe it as the largest such operation in history, targeting criminal illegal aliens, including pedophiles, domestic abusers, and gang members, amid a rampant welfare fraud scandal involving some Somali residents.

The surge has sparked intense clashes, protests, and a federal judge's denial of a temporary restraining order against ICE.

The fake clip, styled as a live news broadcast, showed a man in Viking garb zooming away in a porcelain bathtub on skate wheels while more than a dozen ICE agents pursued him through slushy streets.

A simulated reporter shouted, "We are live over downtown Minneapolis where, yes, that is a protester in a Viking costume riding what appears to be a porcelain bathtub on skate wheels — 15 ICE agents are on his heels."

Social media erupted.

The agents keep running. The memes keep rolling. Reality stays complicated.