Minneapolis: US President Donald J. Trump accused the Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Lawrence Frey, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz of inciting insurrection and covering up theft and fraud in the northern state. The accusations followed their criticism of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for an incident involving the killing of a man in Minneapolis.
According to Kuwait News Agency, President Trump took to his Truth Social platform shortly after the criticisms, posting a photo of a gun and claiming it belonged to the gunman involved in the incident. He questioned the local authorities' failure to protect ICE officers and suggested that local police were prevented from performing their duties. Trump further questioned why Representative Ilhan Omar allegedly has $34 million in her account and raised concerns about alleged massive monetary fraud in Minnesota, claiming billions of dollars have been stolen.
The President accused the local officials of inciting insurrection through their rhetoric and called for the recovery of the allegedly stolen funds. He compared the situation to a bank robbery and demanded accountability for those involved. Trump emphasized the role of ICE officers in addressing illegal activities and claimed that 12,000 illegal alien criminals had been removed from Minnesota, suggesting that the situation could have been worse without such actions.