US President Donald Trump said he will not speak with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz After the targeted shootings of two representatives of the state, because it “would waste time”.
One of the legislators and her husband were killed in attacks.
Trump told journalists on Tuesday, while in the Air Force One after leaving the Summit G7 In Alberta early, he would not call Walz because the governor of Minnesota is “smooth” and “colorful”.
“I don’t call it,” he added.
Trump denied statements – that he blamed French President Emmanuel Macron – which he left due to increased tensions between Iran and Israel.
“Advertising in search of President Emmanuel Macron, from France,” said that I had left the G7 summit in Canada to return to DC to work on a ceasefire ” between Israel and Iran. Bad! He has no idea why I’m now on Washington’s path, but Emmanuel is doing nothing wrong. He wrote on Truth Social early Tuesday morning.
It is customary for the presidents to speak with elected officials to provide support during difficulties.
“The guy has no idea. He is in disorder. So, you know, I could be nice and call it, but why waste time? Trump said Walz.
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During the weekend, Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford sent good wishes to the Governor of Minnesota, saying: “All of Ontario thinks of the Hortman family and our Minnesota friends”, for which Walz expressed his gratitude.
“My thanks to Prime Minister Doug Ford of Ontario, who called to express their condolences to the Hortman family and to the inhabitants of Minnesota. During tragedy, I am encouraged when people of different opinion and even different nations can come together around our shared humanity,” he wrote on Monday.
Former room speaker Melissa Hortman And her husband, Mark, was killed in their house in Brooklyn Park early on Saturday.
Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were Injured at their home in Champlinabout 15 kilometers away.
The ball holes mark the front door of the Minnesota room, Senator John Hoffman and his wife, who were slaughtered earlier during the day, Saturday June 14, 2025, in Champlin, Minn.
Bruce Kluckhohn / The Associated Press
Vance Boelter, 57, is accused of having usurped the identity of a police officer while putting the attack, which he carefully planned during several surveillance operations.
Boelter abandoned Sunday, after being apprehended in a wooded area near his home after a two -day man hunt.
This booking photo provided by the Sheriff’s Bureau of Hennepin County shows Vance Boelter in Green Isle, Minnesota, June 16, 2025.
County Sheriff Office of Hennepin via AP
The acting American lawyer Joseph Thompson told journalists on Monday that Boelter had taken meticulous notes on the houses and the people he was aiming for the dead shots.
The police recovered a list of 70 names from the interior of the false police car that was left to crime scene Outside the Hortmans’ homes, officials announced on Sunday.
The writings and the list of names included state and federal legislators and community leaders, as well as defenders of abortion rights, and information on health establishments, according to officials.
Walz was the Vice-President of the Democratic candidate for 2024, Kamala Harris, who lost his candidacy for the presidency in Trump. During the campaign, Walz often described Trump and other republican politicians as “just bizarre”.
– With files from the Associated Press and Michelle Butterfield of the Associated Press and Global News.
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