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President Donald Trump claimed that he loves "everybody" in his latest response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
"I'm looking at that whole situation. I love everybody. I love all of our people. I love his family. And it's a very sad situation," Trump said while addressing reporters outside the White House on Tuesday (January 27) in a video clip from a FOX News live broadcast shared by journalist Aaron Rupar.
White House press secretary claimed that Trump had "very good" calls with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Monday (January 26) following the death of Pretti, 37, a registered nurse who worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, after previously blaming Walz and Frey for "inciting" anti-ICE protesters, including Pretti, in a post shared on his Truth Social account on Saturday (January 24) after the fatal shooting.
Trump previously acknowledged that Pretti was armed and carrying two extra magazines at the time of his death, while White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller claimed Pretti was a "would-be assassin" who "tried to murder federal law enforcement" and labeled him as a "domestic terrorist" via FOX News. Videos shared online, however, appeared to show Pretti being taken down by multiple ICE agents and disarmed before an officer fired multiple shots during an anti-ICE demonstration in Minneapolis.
The incident took place weeks after Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer during a protest in the same city. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison demanded that a "full, impartial, and transparent investigation" be held in connection with the shooting while a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from "destroying or altering" evidence linked to the incident, Axois reports.