Steve Carrier on January 10, 2026
Mick Foley isn’t walking back anything — in fact, he’s doubling down.
After cutting ties with WWE over the company’s continued relationship with Donald Trump, Foley returned to social media to co-sign Jesse Ventura’s searing message to America. In a January 10, 2026 Instagram post, Foley shared a video clip of the former Minnesota governor speaking at a local event following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer. The caption? Direct and unapologetic.
“I STAND WITH JESSE. Proud to see the great Jesse Ventura speaking out in Minnesota. I agree wholeheartedly with ‘The Body’ here, and I don’t know if anyone could have said it better. We can’t keep letting Trump and his gutless yes men lie to us over and over. America needs to be better than this — we have to move on from this era of domestic and international cruelty.”
“I would encourage everyone to be like the former Governor here, and use your freedom of speech to stand against injustice.”
In the clip, Ventura didn’t mince words either. He drew from firsthand experience in Southeast Asia to compare modern-day America to regimes he saw up close.
“You want to know something? I'll give you a quote. We're a third world country now. You want to know why I'm an expert? I been to them. I spent seventeen months in Southeast Asia while the Draft Dodger was playing golf.”
“I was in the Philippines the day Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law… That’s what happens in a dictatorship — in comes the military. That’s what’s happening here. And people better wake up to it.”
“You want to read something? Then read your history of Germany and start comparing the tactics of what happened in 1930s Germany to what's happening here… Anytime you have the loss of life that needlessly happens, that’s tragedy. And what occurred yesterday did not have to happen.”
Foley’s post follows his public decision to walk away from WWE, stating that he would not renew his Legends deal or make any appearances for the company while Trump remains in power. He cited the former president’s response to the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele as the final straw.
Now, by aligning himself with Ventura’s pointed critique, Foley is making it clear: this isn’t a one-time rant — it’s a movement, and he wants others to speak out just as loudly.
Do you agree with Mick Foley and Jesse Ventura’s warning about the direction America is heading? Where do you stand on WWE’s ties to Trump? Drop your unfiltered thoughts below.
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