President Donald Trump took to social media to indicate his help for 2 of his administration leaders amid the management shakeup following final week’s deadly taking pictures in Minneapolis.
The president praised the work of Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, who got here underneath fireplace following the deaths of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Good by the hands of federal brokers, and thanked Border Czar Tom Homan, who he despatched to Minneapolis this week to clean over boiling tensions.
Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem participates in a Cupboard assembly within the Cupboard Room of the White Home in Washington, January 29, 2026.
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Regardless of several videos exhibiting the 37-year-old Pretti didn’t have a firearm in his fingers when he encountered federal brokers on Jan 24, Noem initially claimed, with out proof, that the nurse brandished a weapon, was “wishing to inflict hurt” and the officers have been “attacked.”
A number of movies of the incident taken by civilians present that Pretti, a licensed gun proprietor, was disarmed by a regulation enforcement officer simply earlier than the primary shot rang out.
The FBI is main the investigation into Good’s taking pictures on Jan. 7. DHS mentioned that Good was allegedly trying to run over regulation enforcement officers when an ICE agent shot her, which native leaders and her household have disputed.
Trump, who has backed Noem all of this week, lashed out at her critics in a social media submit posted early Saturday.
“The Radical Left Lunatics, Insurrectionists, Agitators, and Thugs, are going after Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Safety, as a result of she is a girl, and has finished a extremely GREAT JOB!,” he mentioned.
Noem walked again her preliminary feedback on the taking pictures of Pretti later within the week, contending that DHS have been getting data from “what we knew to be true on the bottom.”
Homan was despatched to Minneapolis this week and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino was ordered by the administration to return to California, sources instructed ABC Information.
Border czar Tom Homan speaks throughout a information convention about ongoing immigration enforcement operations on January 29, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Though Homan mentioned he had “productive” discussions with Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, he criticized sanctuary metropolis legal guidelines and referred to as on native leaders to help with federal immigration regulation enforcement. Homan introduced a “draw down” of federal brokers in Minneapolis later within the week.
“Border Czar (Plus!) Tom Homan is doing a FANTASTIC JOB. He’s one in every of a form. Thanks Tom!!!,” Trump mentioned in one other submit.
