The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has refused to call the Democratic governor of the state of Minnesota, Tim Walz, to offer condolences after the death of Congresswoman Melissa Hortman and her husband in a shooting at their home.
The New York magnate and convicted criminal, who has thus broken the established protocol and which has historically led the presidents of the North American country to call local or state authorities in case of attacks and tragedies, has stated that what happened constitutes a “horrible act,” but has insisted that Walz is “a disaster.”
“I think the governor of Minnesota is crazy. I’m not going to call him. Why should I?,” Trump asserted in statements to the press aboard Air Force One during his flight back to the United States from Canada, where the G7 summit took place.
In this sense, he has assured that Walz, who ran as a candidate for Vice President in the last presidential elections alongside Kamala Harris, “has no idea about anything.” “I could be nice to him and call him, but why waste time?” he pointed out.
The security forces have arrested a man, Vance Boelter, as the main suspect in the shooting. Boelter is also believed to have shot at Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife. Both have significant injuries and have undergone emergency surgery.
Boelter, 57 years old, worked for a security company. Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley has confirmed that law enforcement authorities are virtually convinced that the Hortman murders were politically motivated after finding a manifesto in the fake patrol car identifying “many legislators and other state officials,” as well as abortion doctors.