Trump Accused of Threatening Violence Against the Left In Heated Oval Office Rant

President Donald Trump on Thursday was accused of issuing a veiled threat to the left in response to a shooting at a Texas ICE facility.

The shooting occurred on Wednesday outside of an ICE facility. While no officers were injured in the attacks, three detainees were shot. At the time of writing, one was dead and the other two were in critical condition. The shooter then turned the gun on himself. FBI Director Kash Patel revealed on social media that one of the bullet casings had “Anti-ICE” written on it, suggesting that the shooter support left-wing ideologies.

The attack came two weeks after the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

During a meeting with Turkey’s president in the Oval Office, Trump was asked about a supposed rise in left-wing violence and what could be causing it. In his response, Trump said, “It’s going to get worse, and ultimately it’s gonna go back on them. I mean, bad things happen when they play these games. And I’ll give you a little clue, the right is a lot tougher than the left.”

“But the right’s not doing this. They’re not doing it. And they better not get them energized, because it won’t be good for the left, and I don’t want to see that happen either. I’m the president of all the people,” Trump continued, adding, “But the radical left is causing this. And the radical left Democrats are causing this problem, and it gets worse. It gets worse, and it’ll be a point where other people won’t take it anymore, and that will not be good for the radical left. And we don’t want that.”

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