The departure accompanies a softer tone from Mr Trump on the Minnesota crackdown, including the president’s touting of productive conversations with the governor and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey. The mayor said he asked Mr Trump in a phone call to end the immigration enforcement surge, and Mr Trump agreed the present situation cannot continue. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, an architect of Mr Trump’s mass deportation effort, went further on X, declaring Mr Pretti “an assassin”. On Tuesday, Mr Trump was asked if he agreed with Miller’s comment describing Mr Pretti as an “assassin” and answered “no”. “You can’t walk in with guns, you just can’t,” Mr Trump told reporters on the White House lawn before departing for a trip to Iowa.

Source: The Times January 27, 2026 13:58 UTC