RT-Engels: 26-01-2026,
The US president has spoken by phone with the Minnesota governor after two fatal shootings by federal agents
US President Donald Trump has spoken to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz by phone. The call marks the first sign of de-escalation between Trump and Walz, who clashed over Trump’s deployment of ICE agents to Minneapolis.
The call took place on Monday, two days after US Border Patrol agents shot a 37-year-old US citizen dead at a protest in Minneapolis. The victim, who the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims brandished a gun at the agents, is the second American killed since DHS ordered an extra 2,000 ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents to Minneapolis earlier this month.
“Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account. “It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength.”
Trump told Walz that he wants authorities in Minnesota to hand over “any and all criminals that they have in their possession.” The president was likely referring to illegal immigrants who have committed crimes while in the US, as federal operations in Minnesota have specifically targeted this group.
Trump claimed that Walz “very respectfully” understood his request, and that the pair would speak “in the near future.”
Walz has so far refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and called on Trump to “pull these 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another person” on Sunday.