Trump says he will not “waste time” in calling the governor of Minnesota after the killings Donald Trump News

US President Donald Trump said he will not contact the Minisota Tim and Alz governor in the wake of Weekend fire This legislator was killed in the democratic state and was injured.

Trump condemned the shooting as a “horrific violence” in a statement during the weekend. But on Tuesday, he assured reporters that he would not communicate with them WalzelWho held the position of his colleague in running for his rival in the 2024 presidential elections, Democrat Kamala Harris.

“I think the governor of Minnesota state is very turbulent. I don’t contact him. Why do I call him?” Trump told reporters in the first air force. “The man has the slightest idea. He is in a state of chaos. So I can be nice and call it, but why is the time lost?”

For his part, Walz said that he was not surprised by Trump’s lack of interest in contacting him. However, he indicated that he spoke with Vice President JD Vance.

Walz said: “I am always open to the people who express their gratitude. Vice -President Vans assured us, and he gave, that the FBI will be as partners with us to accomplish it,” Walz said. “This was what to do.”

The 57 -year -old shooter Vans PowlterFather for five years was arrested on Sunday evening.

Since then he has been accused of federal charges The killing and chasing with regard to the shooting early on Saturday, which led to the killings Melissa Hortmann, a better democracy in the House of Representatives in Minnesota, and her husband Mark Hortmann.

Potter is also accused of shooting Senator Democratic State John Hoffman and his wife, Evitte, both of whom survived.

Prosecutors said that Potler visited the homes of legislators wearing a face mask and body shields Police officer impersonated. He claimed that he was the door of Hoffman’s door, while identifying himself as the police.

Prosecutors said on Monday that Potter sent a message to his family after the shooting, which read: “My father went to the war last night.”

Law enforcement officials said they are still investigating a possible motivation in the attack. However, the investigators regained the notebooks from the suspect in the names of Democratic lawmakers and the advocates of abortion.

“Political assassinations are rare,” Joseph Thompson, an American lawyer in Minnesota, told a press conference. “They strike at the heart of our democracy.”

He added that the authorities are searching through Potler’s books, but did not find a “statement” clearly putting his motives. Meanwhile, Potler’s friends told the correspondents that the suspect was in support of Trump and a discount of abortion rights.

The killings have motivated increasing concerns about political violence in the United States. Last year alone, Trump faced an assassination attempt, and he watched the governor of Pennsylvania state Josh Shapiru, the palace of his target ruler in a suspect’s work.

Between January 6, 2021 and October 2024, Reuters news agency said it had achieved 300 cases of political violence in the United States.

In the aftermath of the shooting at the end of last week, Conspiracy theories In claiming that the alleged shooter was the leftist ideology began to circulate, with the support of some Republican legislators.

Potler had previously served with other community members in the state’s workforce development council under democratic conservatives, including Walz, a fact that helped fuel the rumors.

He also worked as a director of security patrols in the security services company whose website said that he “participated in security positions in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, including the West Bank, South Lebanon and Gaza Strip.”

Potter briefly represented in court on Monday, but it did not enter an appeal. It is scheduled to appear before the court again on June 27.