The White House said on Monday (January 26, 2026) that President Donald Trump did not want to see anyone hurt on U.S. streets but quickly blamed Democrats again after anti-immigrant agents killed a second person in Minneapolis.
“Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America’s streets,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
She described the shooting death of Alex Pretti, whom a Mr. Trump aide had quickly and without evidence branded a “domestic terrorist”, by federal agents on Saturday (January 24) as a “tragedy.”
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“We mourn for the parents. As a mother myself, of course, I cannot imagine the loss of life,” she said.
