"You should be ashamed of yourself": Trump pushes back in post

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump expressed strong objections during a “60 Minutes” interview when questioned about writings attributed to the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, rejecting the framing of the suspect’s alleged manifesto.
• Federal investigators are reviewing a document described as a manifesto sent by the suspect to family members before the attack, which reportedly references government officials as targets and outlines personal justifications for the violence.
• Trump described the suspect as “radicalized” and “sick” but disputed allegations in the writings, emphasizing the suspect’s purported “anti-Christian” views and rejecting broader political interpretations of the attack.
• The interview revealed tensions between Trump and the media over the portrayal of the shooting and the suspect’s ideology, with Trump criticizing what he saw as unfair media coverage and hostile political rhetoric.
• The shooting, which injured a Secret Service officer and led to the suspect’s arrest, has intensified national conversations about political violence; the White House Correspondents’ Association has postponed the event pending a security review.