President Donald Trump has been scrambling to find a way to withdraw federal agents from Minnesota without implying the immigration surge that left two U.S. citizens dead was a political or operational failure.
The president made the rare move Monday to try to de-escalate tensions in Minneapolis after his administration faced near-universal condemnation for its response to the shooting death of Veterans Affairs nurse Alex Pretti.
Officials including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem originally tried to smear Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” and claimed he had tried to “massacre” law enforcement agents. The ICU nurse was legally carrying a gun but never brandished it before being wrestled to the ground, disarmed, and shot in the back by Border Patrol agents on Saturday.
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