"Donald Trump has defended his administration's increasingly violent immigration crackdown, describing the 37-year-old woman killed by federal agents as likely a wonderful person whose tough actions justified a lethal response. Trump's comments, made during an interview with CBS News after his visit to a Ford factory in Detroit, came amid rising tensions between federal and local officials in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot dead Renee Good at the wheel of her SUV on a residential street in Minneapolis last week."
"In the interview, the CBS anchor, Tony Dokoupil, said he had spoken to Good's father, a strong Trump supporter who was heartbroken over his daughter's death, about the administration's characterization of Good as a domestic terrorist. Asked what he would say to the father, Trump said: I would bet you that she, under normal circumstances, was a very solid, wonderful person. But, you know, her actions were pretty tough."
President Trump defended aggressive immigration enforcement after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis. He described Good as likely a very solid, wonderful person while saying her actions were pretty tough, and supported claims the agent acted in self-defense. The administration labeled the incident domestic terrorism and accused Good of being a professional agitator. Video analysis and local officials contested that narrative, showing Good's vehicle turning away as the officer fired. The shooting triggered nationwide protests, resignations of several federal prosecutors in Minnesota, and escalated tensions between federal and local authorities, with expanded ICE operations in the Twin Cities.
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