US President Donald Trump condemned the shooting of two National Guard troops and called it an ‘act of terror’. He stated that the US Department of Homeland Security was confident that the suspect entered the United States from Afghanistan in 2021.
He further said that he has directed to mobilise an additional 500 troops for DC and that Washington “must re-examine every single alien who entered the US from Afghanistan under Biden.”
“Earlier today on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, two members of the National Guard serving in Washington DC were shot at point-blank range in a monstrous, ambush-style attack just steps away from the White House. This heinous assault was an act of evil and an act of hatred and an act of terror. It was a crime against our entire nation; it was a crime against humanity. The hearts of all Americans tonight are with those two members of the West Virginian National Guards and their families,” Trump said in his address from Florida.
The US president then said that as the country was filled with anguish and grief for those shot at, “we’re also filled with righteous anger and ferocious resolve”.
‘The animal who perpetrated this atrocity pays the steepest possible price,’ says Trump
Confirming the suspect’s identity, Trump said, “The animal who perpetrated this atrocity pays the steepest possible price. I can report tonight based on the best available information, the Department of Homeland Security is confident that the suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan- a hellhole on earth.”
He then hit out at his predecessor, Joe Biden, stating that the last administration allowed “20 million unknown foreigners” from all over the world.
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“This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation. The last administration let in 20 million unknown foreigners from all over the world,” he said.
Trump said that Washington will now re-examine every single alien who has entered the United States from Afghanistan under the Biden administration and ensure the removal of those who don’t add benefit to America.
“We are not going to put up on these kinds of assaults on law and order by people who shouldn’t even be in our country. We must now re-examine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden, and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country. If they can’t love our country, we don’t want them,” the US president said.
At least two West Virginia National Guard members were shot on Wednesday near the White House in Washington DC in what the Mayor Muriel Bowser described as a “targeted shooting” and the suspect, who was shot at least four times, is in custody and being treated at a hospital.
