"I don't like shootings. I don't like it. But I don't like it when someone walks into a protest and has a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines loaded with bullets. That's not good either," Trump told The Wall Street Journal.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Pretti was carrying a semi-automatic pistol.
But reports differ. According to The New York Times, which reviewed clips from the incident, the 37-year-old was not holding a weapon in his hand - but a cell phone.
Trump declined to say whether he thinks the police officer who shot Alex Pretti did the right thing, but said he is open to eventually withdrawing the immigration agency, ICE, from Minneapolis.
In a post on Truth Social, the president made demands of all Democratic governors and mayors in the country, including in Minneapolis and Minnesota. Among other things, he called on leaders to turn over all “criminal illegal immigrants” in state prisons and detention centers to federal authorities and to “cooperate” with the government.
