Trump’s USA Voices on ICE

Biden criticizes Trump and the ICE operation in Minnesota

Former President Joe Biden is criticizing Donald Trump and the administration’s actions in Minnesota on social media. In a post on X, he writes that what is happening in the state “betrays our most fundamental values.”

“We are not a country that shoots our own citizens,” he writes, referring to the two people – Renee Good and Alex Pretti – who were killed by ICE and federal police.

Biden also praises Minnesotans who protested against ICE.

Analysis: Trump swung – Bovino became an early victim

The White House and Donald Trump have swung around in the border police operation in Minnesota, which has sparked major protests and widespread criticism. The number of agents is to be withdrawn and the operation leader Gregory Bovino is reported to have been forced to resign.

Bovino was early to defend the shooting death of Alex Pretti and said that Pretti intended to massacre federal agents, something that has been refuted by video analysis.

The Guardian's Robert Tait writes in an analysis that the attention that Bovino attracted became too much for the Trump administration.

"With the White House under heavy pressure in the midst of a violent backlash against Pretti's shooting death, Bovino - instead of being praised - has become an early victim of the Trump administration's attempt to change its stance," he writes.

The operation in Minnesota has proven to be Donald Trump's biggest setback to date, writes Aftonbladet's Johan Mathias Sommarström in an analysis.

“The shift comes after the protests spread beyond the left. Critics from across the political spectrum and from all segments of society, including big business, have now been heard.”

He also writes that many critics still fear that the operation is aimed at disrupting the Minnesota election later this year.