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The White House said connected Monday (January 26, 2026) that President Donald Trump did not privation to spot anyone wounded connected U.S. streets but rapidly blamed Democrats again aft anti-immigrant agents killed a 2nd idiosyncratic successful Minneapolis.
“Nobody successful the White House, including President Trump, wants to spot radical getting wounded oregon killed successful America’s streets,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
She described the shooting decease of Alex Pretti, whom a Mr. Trump adjutant had rapidly and without grounds branded a “domestic terrorist”, by national agents connected Saturday (January 24) arsenic a “tragedy.”
“We mourn for the parents. As a parent myself, of course, I cannot ideate the nonaccomplishment of life,” she said.
But the conciliatory code was short-lived. Ms. Leavitt rapidly blamed the rival Democratic Party for unrest that has breached retired since Mr. Trump ordered a surge successful Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), masked and equipped agents deployed successful unit against section wishes.
“This calamity occurred arsenic a effect of a deliberate and hostile absorption by Democrat leaders successful Minnesota,” Ms. Leavitt said, blaming Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, some Democrats.
She accused elected Democrats of “spreading lies astir national instrumentality enforcement officers who are risking their lives regular to region the worst transgression amerciable aliens from our streets.”
She demanded that Mr. Walz, to whom Mr. Trump spoke by telephone connected Monday (January 26), and Mr. Frey afloat cooperate with national agents and “turn implicit each amerciable aliens” detained by section authorities.
Mr. Pretti had a licence to transportation a gun, though video footage did not amusement him taking retired his limb earlier ICE agents appeared to sprout him aggregate times.
Mr. Trump’s Republican Party agelong has defended the close to transportation weapons virtually without restriction, and Ms. Leavitt said Mr. Trump supports the close to carnivore arms.
But she added, “Any weapon proprietor knows that erstwhile you are carrying a weapon, erstwhile you are bearing arms and you are confronted by instrumentality enforcement, you are raising the presumption of risk, and the hazard of unit being utilized against you.”
“That’s unluckily what took spot connected Saturday,” she said.
