Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

Shot at least ten times, too, just to make sure he was extra, extra dead.

Two American citizens slaughtered by ICE in two weeks without proper cause.

And you still have people on here that will either defend it or blame the victim.

OK listen up, and stop the nonsense.

One of the pillars of Republican election campaigns for years now, and in MAGA campaigns in particular, is the protection of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution.

That being - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Minnesota is what is called a "concealed carry" State, with a ,"shall issue" policy to all qualifying applicants being the default.

Mr. Pretti was exercising his rights under the 1st Amendment, ie, to assemble, bear witness and freely express, and the 2nd Amendment, to carry a personal firearm.

It is now clear that some of these so-called agents tackled him, assaulted him, frisked him on the ground and removed his permitted weapon BEFORE opening fire and firing about 10 shots.

He was acting under 1st and 2nd Amendment protections, so beloved by conservatives all over America, and they murdered him.

Murdered. Him. In. Cold. Blood.

And now the dice will fall how they may.

Have you any evidence he was protesting? Does that mean that under certain circumstances American's should not exercise their rights under their constitution for fear of death? Christ, add in the right to peaceful protest and ya right on the track to a dark place.
Was the victim trained in de-escalation? Is that a requirement for Americans or maybe just Americans who want to exercise their 2nd amendment right? Wouldn't it be easier if law officials where trained in de-escalation instead?
Why should an innocent victim die simply because an ICE agent was badly trained? Is that not a bad precedent to set? Shouldn't those entrusted to enforce laws be held to a higher standard than innocent passerbys?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-second-amendment.html

I can't read as is is subscription it but I think it is the NRA's response (think they may be annoyed at the gun angle ,according to CNN anyway)

Here is the beginning (the whole article should be viewable)

"Some high-profile gun rights activists and groups bristled on Saturday at government officials’ claims that federal agents may have been justified in killing a Minneapolis man during a protest because he was carrying a pistol.

The right to bear arms in public has been a mainstay of the gun rights movement.

On Saturday, a Los Angeles federal"

Nice video on the killing of Alex Pretti.

Also, the point of this seems to be to prepare the ground to use the insurrection act or executive order or something in lead up to midterms in November to have the army go into certain areas (Democrat areas, obviously) to "protect" the election. They won't need to do that in Republican areas...

And that's why I always said I'd vote democrat last election. You don't need to tell me trump is worse for Ukraine.

Mother of Lord, are you actually using a whataboutery for the 2 murders by ICE?

That’s sick.

So even the NRA is annoyed at the narrative he was "armed".

This is an interesting twist in the tale. It'd be so comically American if THIS leads to changes to the 2nd amendment. Not all the school shootings but the feral goons roaming around.

US Treasury Secretary calls Alberta a natural partner of the United States.

A spokesman for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in a statement to the BBC that the province supports new pipelines "west, east, north, and south, and we will continue to work with our US partners on building more pipeline capacity to US markets".

"But the premier also believes the overwhelming majority of Albertans are not interested in becoming a US state".

Comes as separatists trying to meet deadline for minimum number of signatures for referendum to be triggered. MAGA have ties to some of the separatists partly because of oil.