Trump invites National Guard member's family to White House after fatal DC shooting
By: ALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS
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WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump on Sunday invited the family of one of the National Guard members fatally shot in Washington, D.C. last week to the White House.
Trump added that he spoke to the parents of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and that they were "devastated" after the Wednesday shooting, which also seriously injured U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe. Wolfe remains in critical condition.
The president told reporters on Air Force One Sunday night that he discussed a visit for the parents of both West Virginia National Guard members.
I said, 'When you're ready, because that's a tough thing, come to the White House. We're going to honor Sarah," he said. "And likewise with Andrew, recover or not.
Beckstrom, 20, and Wolfe, 24, were deployed to Washington, D.C. as part of Trump's crackdown on crime in bigger cities.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, faces one count of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed.
U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro said that if Lakanwal is convicted, prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. Pirro said he drove across the country to D.C. from his home in Bellingham, Washington, where he lived with his wife and five kids.
Lakanwal came to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2021 and reportedly worked with the U.S. war effort in the country, including working with the CIA. ABC News reports he was granted asylum in the U.S. in April of this year.
In an address on Wednesday night, Trump called the shooting "an act of evil, an act of hatred and and an act of terror."
The shooting prompted the Trump administration to halt all asylum decisions and pause issuing visas for people traveling with an Afghan passport.
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It was an act of evil.
It is time for a long pause on asylum.
I think there should be no pause, they should admit Trump immediately!
And a ten-year moratorium on all immigration.
Raise the iron curtain! Man the gun turrets! Tripple Gestapo checks at every entry point! We must do what we have to in order to make the white conservative Christians feel safe! /s
Radicalized terrorists can come from anywhere and can look like anyone, even a white Christian. Trying to claim this incident is somehow a bellwether call for stopping immigration makes no sense since, while horrible and sad, it is just a drop in the bucket to what other American terrorists have done.
We should do better, we can do better, at stopping any threats to American citizens no matter where they come from. But turning us into some iron curtain country that refuses any and all immigration for a decade is just moronic and will do nothing to stop the terrorists who look like those pictured above.
end asylum and immigration and remove all who do not belong here
A tall task, but we'll give it a shot
Play your cards right and you can get the kids to denounce their parents ...
Look at the amount of people who are already crying about enforcement of immigration law now. They will lose their collective mind if that becomes policy.
Conversely, good luck getting any insider informant help from the next country we decide to take military action against, like this guy was (fully vetted by the CIA during Trump’s first failed term). Trump fucked up that feasibility, probably permanently. I wonder how many US soldier lives that reality will take.
As an Afghan War veteran, I don't trust ANY Afghani. No matter how well they were "vetted". I've lost friends during "blue on blue" incidents where these "vetted" Afghani turned their weapons on US forces.
There is no way of knowing what Biden brought into the US during his retreat from Afghanistan. But it almost a guarantee that there were enemy forces in those planes that left Kabul and some made it as far as CONUS.
I wonder what your opinion is of how many American lives were kept safe by the intel provided by informants. This is another example of how the ends always justify the maga means, no matter how horrific the impact is on the brainless supporters of DJT themselves. Anything is worth it so long as the cult leader orders it so.
When you can look at it objectively, and leave the pathetic nonsense out of it, we'll talk.
My comments are already objectively framed, so no point in talking to you (as usual).
is that your "Joke of the Day"?