Trump doubles down on Minnesota attacks in rambling remarks at White House briefing - live
The Guardian • • general
Key Points:
- President Trump continued his attacks on Representative Ilhan Omar and the Somali community in Minnesota, making disparaging and xenophobic remarks during a White House press briefing.
- Trump claimed the U.S. has “very little inflation” and that his administration reduced it to a “normal number,” despite December’s consumer price index rising to 2.7%, slightly lower than when Biden left office.
- The Trump administration won a legal victory allowing it to require lawmakers to give a week's notice before inspecting immigration detention facilities, while also appealing an injunction limiting ICE’s tactics against protesters in Minnesota.
- Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow officially launched her Senate campaign after receiving Trump’s endorsement, challenging incumbent Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump in his
