Trump, White House and Viral Video
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Trump gave a speech in Detroit on Tuesday in which he discussed the economy, lauded his administration and called for lower interest rates, doing so a day after the DOJ announced an investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump has consistently blasted for not lowering rates.
Video of a U.S. immigration agent fatally shooting a Minneapolis mother in her car on Wednesday has divided the nation, becoming a political Rorschach test that elicits different verdicts depending on who views it.
California’s Democratic governor used real footage from Trump’s recent White House meeting with oil industry executives. During the East Room sit-down, the president abruptly stood up to gaze from a window and observe the progress on his $400 million ballroom. “Wow, what a view,” he said.
As Mr. Trump took to the stage, he touted the economy and also his victory in the 2024 election in Michigan. Mr. Trump called the event the "easiest speech I've had to make" because "all I'm doing is spewing off what the hell we've done."
President Donald Trump showed video footage of the fatal Minnesota ICE shooting to reporters, saying Renee Nicole Good "behaved horribly" before fatal shooting.
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When we pressed Mr. Trump on his conclusion that the victim, Renee Nicole Good, tried to run over the agent, he asked an aide to pull up the video on a laptop in an effort to prove his point.