Trump Blasts Minnesota Leaders After Fatal Shooting, Says Officials Are “Inciting Insurrection”

President Trump accused Minnesota’s top political leaders of fueling unrest after a 37-year-old man was shot and killed today when he allegedly brandished a firearm near federal agents attempting to arrest a migrant.

In a Truth Social post, the president shared an image of the weapon authorities said belonged to the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

“This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go – What is that all about?” Trump wrote.

“Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?”

Trump directed sharp criticism at Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both of whom have publicly opposed the presence of federal immigration agents in the city.

“The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!” the president wrote.

“Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB!”

The president argued that conditions would be significantly worse if Immigration and Customs Enforcement had not carried out extensive enforcement actions.

“12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!” he wrote.

Trump said the federal presence in Minnesota is tied to an ongoing welfare fraud investigation in the state.

“Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account?” he wrote, referring to the Minnesota congresswoman.

“And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota? We are there because of massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy.”

“We want the money back, and we want it back, NOW,” Trump continued. “Those Fraudsters who stole the money are going to jail, where they belong! This is no different than a really big Bank Robbery. Much of what you’re witnessing is a COVER UP for this Theft and Fraud.”

In the aftermath of the shooting, Walz authorized the deployment of the Minnesota National Guard following the death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who authorities said was killed after attempting to interfere with the arrest of a criminal migrant.

{Matzav.com}