President Donald J. Trump delivered a forceful rebuke Saturday to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, accusing both leaders of “inciting insurrection” through their handling of the Border Patrol agent‑involved shooting and the violent unrest that followed. In a sharply worded statement, Trump said state and local officials abandoned law enforcement, misled the public about the circumstances of the shooting, and are now attempting to shift blame onto federal agents as chaos engulfs the city.

During a Saturday press conference following the shooting by Border Patrol agents of an armed assailant, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an ultimatum to President Trump, demanding, “End this immigration operation, and safety will be restored in the city,” Breitbart Texas’s Randy Clark reported.

The president quickly fired back in a post on Truth Social, writing, “LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! 12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!”

Trump Fires Back at Frey: ‘Mayor and Governor Are Inciting Insurrection’