The former president lashes out after being pressed on why he blames the Biden administration for the deadly incident near the White House.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump erupted in anger at a reporter on Wednesday after she questioned why he was holding the Biden administration responsible for a fatal shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another critically injured.
When asked to clarify his accusation, Trump snapped back sharply: “Because they let him in. Are you a stupid person? Are you stupid?” He claimed that the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, entered the United States in 2021 through a program launched by President Joe Biden following the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Trump argued that the administration had allowed “thousands of people without proper security vetting” to enter the country, calling the process “flawed” and “irresponsible.” He again slammed Biden’s Afghanistan pullout, describing it as “chaotic” and something that “never should have happened that way,” insisting that under his leadership, the exit would have been conducted “with force, precision, and dignity.”
The former president also reiterated his longstanding claim that the U.S. should have maintained control of the Bagram Air Base, arguing that its proximity to China gave it “strategic importance.”
Authorities revealed that Lakanwal — who previously worked with the CIA in Afghanistan — carried out the attack just a few blocks from the White House, near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The shooting resulted in the death of a National Guard officer, while another remains in critical condition.
The incident comes amid intensifying political debate in Washington over immigration and asylum policy, with Trump using the attack to bolster his hardline rhetoric as he prepares for the first year of his new presidential term.
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