Trump Talks With Key Democrat Politician Following Second Deadly Shooting in Minnesota  

President Donald Trump said he had a “good call” with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday, just two days after a second fatal shooting in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer.  

“Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength,” Trump posted on Truth Social.  

Trump said that he was going to have border czar Tom Homan call Walz, adding, “what we are looking for are any and all Criminals that they have in their possession,” noting that Walz understands.  

Walz also acknowledged the call with Trump, calling it “a productive conversation,” adding, “I explained to him that his staff doesn’t have their facts straight about Minnesota.”  

On Saturday, Border Patrol agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.  

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Pretti “approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and DHS claimed the man “wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”   

Video of the incident appears to conflict with the initial accounts of Noem and DHS, leading Democrats and some Republicans to criticize the Trump administration’s characterization of the incident.  

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R- La., called the latest event in Minneapolis “incredibly disturbing,” adding that the “credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation. We can trust the American people with the truth.”  

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said the shooting “should raise serious questions within the administration about the adequacy of immigration-enforcement training and the instructions officers are given on carrying out their mission.”  

Following the criticism of ICE and DHS, Trump announced Monday morning that he is sending Homan to Minnesota. 

Walz “was happy that Tom Homan was going to Minnesota, and so am I,” Trump said. “We have had such tremendous SUCCESS in Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and virtually every other place that we have ‘touched’ and, even in Minnesota, Crime is way down, but both Governor Walz and I want to make it better!”  

The tone of Trump’s statement on Monday is in stark contrast to his social media posts from over the weekend, accusing Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of “inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!”  

Walz and Frey have been critical of the Trump administration’s large immigration enforcement operation that began in the Twin Cities in December and has since been expanded to the rest of the state. Walz and Frey, both Democrats, have asked the Trump administration to end the operation, repeating their demands after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 that killed 37-year-old Renee Good. 

“Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace. And we believe that Trump needs to pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another American in the street,” Walz wrote on X Sunday.  

Minesota is a “sanctuary” state, according to the Justice Department, meaning that state and local law enforcement don’t cooperate with federal immigration officials.  

On Sunday, Trump accused “Sanctuary Cities and States” of “REFUSING to cooperate with ICE, and … encouraging Leftwing Agitators to unlawfully obstruct their operations to arrest the Worst of the Worst People.”  

As a result of not cooperating with immigration officials, “Democrats are putting Illegal Alien Criminals over Taxpaying, Law-Abiding Citizens, and they have created dangerous circumstances for EVERYONE involved. Tragically, two American Citizens have lost their lives as a result of this Democrat ensued chaos,” Trump said, referring to Good and Pretti.  

Trump then formally called on Walz and Frey to “cooperate with the Trump Administration to enforce our Nation’s Laws,” and put forth a four-step plan of action.  

First, Trump is asking Walz and Frey to “turn over” criminal illegal aliens in state prisons to federal immigration authorities and illegal immigrants with an active warrant for arrest or criminal history.  

Additionally, Trump is asking both state and local law enforcement to “turn over all Illegal Aliens” who are arrested. “Local Police must assist Federal Law Enforcement in apprehending and detaining Illegal Aliens who are wanted for Crimes,” Trump added.  

Finally, the president is asking Democrat politicians to “partner with the Federal Government to protect American Citizens in the rapid removal of all Criminal Illegal Aliens in our Country.”  

Trump added that he is calling on Congress to pass legislation to “end Sanctuary cities,” which, according to the president, are “the root cause of all of these problems.”  

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