Trump made concessions because of the shooting crisis in Minnesota. What the media is writing
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US President Donald Trump has weakened his campaign to persecute immigrants after the incidents in Minnesota, where federal agents shot dead two local residents, and distanced himself from his team, which justified the killings. The incident has led to pressure on the Republican Party, which risks losing votes. How the world's media reacts to what is happening in the United States is in the Izvestia digest.
Financial Times: Trump signals softening of immigration policy
Trump has made it clear that his administration will soften its immigration policy to calm the growing outcry over the murder of Alex Pretty by a federal agent in Minnesota. He said he was sending "border czar" Tom Homan to the state, which was seen as a rebuke to Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem, who oversaw Trump's campaign to detain and deport immigrants.
Financial Times
Trump also softened his rhetoric towards Democratic leaders in Minnesota, writing on social media that he had a "very good conversation" with Tim Waltz, the Democratic governor of the state. "In fact, we seemed to be thinking in the same direction," Trump wrote. Earlier, he called Waltz "extremely incompetent" and "a stupid governor with a low IQ." Later, Trump wrote that he had a "very good phone conversation" with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and added: "Great progress has been made!"
According to recent opinion polls, the president's approval rating on immigration control is at an all-time low, and midterm elections will be held in November. Several Republican lawmakers and state governors have publicly expressed concern about the shooting, called for a full investigation, and suggested that immigration police cease their activities in Minneapolis.
NBC News: Trump reshuffles his team in Minnesota
Pretty's fatal injury caused Trump to be "concerned" about his administration's ongoing operation in Minnesota. Administration officials have acknowledged that they need strategic changes amid public outrage, even though the White House remains heavily focused on its initial anti-immigration program.
NBC News
The shooting on Saturday led to a leadership reshuffle, a reduction in the number of agents in the city, a review of relations with key representatives of the Democratic Party in the state and an attempt to distance himself from some of the most radical statements of his top advisers. "Visually, everything didn't look very good. He knows a lot about television. He saw it for himself," said one of the Republican lawmakers.
Trump announced Homan's deployment to Minnesota. There, he will replace the head of the border guard service, Greg Bovino, who was the face of this tough operation. White House press Secretary Caroline Leavitt also distanced Trump from some of the more radical comments made by his senior officials. When asked if Pretty was an "internal terrorist," as Noam and Trump adviser Stephen Miller called him, Leavitt declined to endorse their claims.
Reuters: Republicans are at risk in the elections because of the conflict with gun carriers
The statement by Trump administration officials that Pretty should not have brought legal firearms to the protest in Minneapolis caused a rare split with communities advocating for the right to bear arms, and created risks for Republicans in the election year from one of their most loyal electoral groups. The murdered Pretty had a license to carry a gun, and, according to the chief of police of Minneapolis, he did not take out a gun until agents shot at him.
Reuters
Groups advocating for the right to bear arms, including the politically influential National Rifle Association, objected that Pretty was simply exercising his right to carry firearms in public. They argued that the administration's assumption that his right to bear arms depends on circumstances and does not apply to protests contradicts a fundamental principle of conservative politics: the right to keep and bear arms.
Voters are already unhappy with the rising cost of living and high health care costs, and an increasing number of them, including some Republicans, are expressing dissatisfaction with the immigration campaign. Now the administration is retreating from the provisions of the second amendment of the constitution — the right to keep and bear arms — and this could harm the Republican Party in the midterm elections in November, which will determine control of Congress.
Politico: Republicans are afraid to tell Trump about their dissatisfaction with the shooting
Senior Republicans are concerned that protests against the bloodshed could lead to new incidents. They have little confidence in Noem and, from a purely political point of view, they fear that the party has squandered the best of its available resources: border issues and public order. As one experienced senator candidly stated, immigration for Republicans is the same as healthcare for Democrats.
Politico
However, with the advent of viral videos of Americans being shot in broad daylight, which have replaced the crush of migrants crossing the country's border, this advantage is quickly disappearing. <...> [Republicans] are privately pleading with Trump and his advisers to reduce tensions <...>. However, most officials hope that one of their colleagues will be able to do the job so that they don't have to do it themselves.
When lawmakers do get to Trump, the dialogue resembles those private messages from European leaders seeking to settle the Greenland dispute: first praise and flattery, and then getting to the point. There is great hope among Republican officials that they do not need to publicly express their true feelings, because if they wait a few days, the president will find himself in the media spotlight and realize the scale of the crisis himself.
The Washington Post: Democrats want Noem's resignation
Democrats in the House of Representatives intend to launch an investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem as early as next week, laying the groundwork for an impeachment attempt. Unlike the usual parliamentary investigation, the Democrats plan to conduct it without the participation of Republicans, citing the reluctance of most of them to conduct close oversight of the Trump administration and the unlikely likelihood of their support.
The Washington Post
Democrats acknowledge that they are unlikely to be able to remove Noem from office in the near future, but they believe that the launch of an official investigation will show that they are serious about concerns about the events that occurred during the deadly anti-illegal immigration operation in Minnesota in recent weeks. "We understand that the Democrats are in the minority, but that doesn't mean we should sit back and do nothing," Benny Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, said in a statement.
After Pretty's death, calls from Democrats to hold Noem accountable increased dramatically. The factions of several Democrats expressed a desire to impeach Noem, and this demand was not resisted within the party. At least 145 Democrats from the House of Representatives have signed a resolution calling for Noem's resignation. That number has increased by almost 40 since the tragic shooting on Saturday.
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