US President Donald Trump was repeatedly heckled during a speech in Iowa on Tuesday, as public anger over his administration continues to grow. At a rally in Clive, Iowa, demonstrators interrupted Trump, prompting him to claim they were 'paid agitators' and 'insurrectionists'. He provided no evidence for these assertions.
During his address, Trump repeated false claims that the 2020 election was 'rigged' and suggested he should be allowed to run again in 2028, despite constitutional prohibitions. He said, 'We did so well the second time that I said, well, we won twice, we'd better do it a third time.'
Trump also faced questions about the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota. He disputed language used by his deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, who called Pretti an 'assassin'. Trump said, 'No,' when asked if he believed Pretti was an assassin, and called the incident 'a very sad situation'. He promised a 'big investigation' and said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would not resign.
Later, at an Iowa restaurant, Trump criticised Pretti for carrying a gun, saying, 'He certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun.' He added that Pretti had 'two fully loaded magazines' and described it as 'a lot of bad stuff'. The comments risked alienating some of his pro-gun supporters.
