Trump calls killing of Renee Good a 'tragedy' and says ICE agents will make mistakes

President Trump said the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was a "tragedy" he "felt terribly" about and acknowledged that immigration agents he has deployed are "going to make a mistake." The change in tone marked a shift from his initial comments in the hours after the Jan.

7 shooting, when Mr. Trump falsely said Ms. Good "violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE officer" and later described her as "highly disrespectful," language that administration officials including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem used to call her a "domestic terrorist." Ms.

Good, a poet and mother of three, has become a focal point of protests. At the White House on Tuesday, Mr. Trump described the shooting as "a horrible thing" and said, "I understand both sides of it," adding, "Sometimes ICE is going to be too rough with somebody... They're going to make a mistake." He appeared to link his softer words to what he said were the political views of Ms.

Good's parents, saying her father was a "tremendous Trump fan" and that he hoped the father still felt that way. Mr. Trump did not extend a similar leniency to demonstrators, whom he accused of being "paid agitators and insurrectionists," and he singled out a woman who screamed "Shame!

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Politics, Donald Trump, Renee Good, Ice, Kristi Noem, Minneapolis