US EditionWhite House eases tone on Pretti killing: Trump ‘does not want any Americans to lose their lives’
President Trump deployed border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis to directly oversee enforcement amid political backlash and slipping support on immigration, with 51% opposing risks to ICE agents.
- President Donald Trump sent border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis on Monday, ordering Homan to "report `directly to me,'" and spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who called the call productive.
- Republican blowback surged this weekend, increasing pressure on the White House as polling showed slipping support among independent voters, Hispanics, and young voters.
- Tensions surfaced over Border Patrol's growing domestic enforcement role as several officials labeled Alex Pretti a `domestic terrorist' and Stephen Miller called him a `would-be assassin', while Secretary Kristi Noem suggested without evidence that Pretti had a handgun.
- The White House shifted tone, refocusing on violent criminals arrested in Minnesota while press secretary Karoline Leavitt backed investigations by Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, and Customs and Border Patrol and said local cooperation affects Border Patrol presence in Minneapolis.
- The episode could prompt congressional probes and change enforcement policy, as Republican lawmakers and James Comer, Oversight Chair , called for scrutiny Sunday while officials warned DHS and ICE risk credibility loss.
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Heated rhetoric: White House shifts blame for ICE shooting to Minnesota Democrats
After casting Alex Pretti and Renee Good as "domestic terrorists", the White House is now shifting blame for recent ICE shootings onto Democratic politicians in Minnesota. Sparking major protests and political pushback, U-S President Donald Trump says he's sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to work with officials.
Trump admin’s ‘smearing’ of slain nurse more than ‘simply a rhetorical tactic’: experts
The “smearing” of slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti by President Donald Trump’s administration is “not simply a rhetorical tactic,” but is instead part of a larger scheme, according to two legal experts. Ryan Goodman, a law professor at NYU and editor-in-chief of Just Security, and Tom Joscelyn, a senior fellow at Just Security, argued in a new article on Monday that the administration’s efforts to smear Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” were foretold …
Leavitt refuses to back Miller’s ‘assassin’ smear in deadly Pretti shooting
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday declined to defend senior aide Stephen Miller after he blasted slain Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti as an “assassin” who tried to murder federal agents in the wake of the controversial Border Patrol killing — a characterization made before any public investigation and widely disputed as misleading. During a terse briefing, Leavitt stressed that President Trump himself has not used that lan…
Press Sec Karoline Leavitt NUKES Democrats for Creating Circumstances that Led to Alex Pretti and Renee Good's Deaths
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a scathing rebuke of Minnesota politicians and the mainstream media during her first press briefing following the fatal CBP-involved shooting of an armed leftist who was impeding law enforcement operations in Minneapolis on Saturday. Border Patrol fatally shot a man, identified as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, during a struggle on Saturday morning after the suspect pulled his gun on agen…
White House refuses to say if Stephen Miller will apologize for Alex Pretti remarks
Karoline Leavitt refused to say whether Stephen Miller would apologize for his comments about Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse who was shot and killed by federal agents over the weekend. The deputy White House chief of staff, a central figure behind Donald Trump’s immigration strategy, called Mr Pretti a “would-be assassin” who “tried to murder federal law enforcement” without providing any evidence. When asked whether Mr Miller would apologiz…
Leavitt addresses Pretti shooting, criticizing Walz and Frey
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday addressed the fallout over the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota. “Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of federal law enforcement and the [...]
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