Trump Blasts Media Over Vetting Failures After Guardsmen’s Tragic Shooting

President Trump didn’t mince words when a reporter pressed him about the vetting of the suspect in the brutal attack on two National Guardsmen in Washington. During a heated exchange at a press briefing he snapped, “Because they let them in. Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?” and made plain who he blames for the chaos.

The senseless shooting left 20-year-old Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom dead and her comrade critically wounded, a tragic reminder that those who stand between us and danger are paying the ultimate price. The suspect has been described in reports as an Afghan national, and Americans are rightly furious that this could happen on our soil.

When the reporter insisted that inspectors had “vetted” the evacuees, Mr. Trump cut through the media spin and pointed at policy failure, not paperwork. He argued the Biden-era evacuation and admission process was a mess that allowed potentially dangerous people to enter, and he refused to let a soft-pedaling press moment rewrite the story.

Make no mistake: this is about accountability. The American people deserve straight answers about who we admitted, how they were screened, and why laws and procedures failed to keep our Capitol and our service members safe. The press’s reflex to defend the administration rather than demand answers is exactly why citizens feel betrayed.

President Trump’s bluntness is not a flaw in this moment, it’s a necessary wake-up call — the elite media and the open-borders crowd can’t be allowed to paper over a national security catastrophe. If we love our country and honor our troops, we must insist on tough immigration controls, proper vetting that actually protects Americans, and the political will to remove dangerous people.

We should mourn the fallen Guardsman and rally for the injured, while also channeling our grief into action: demand investigations, fix broken policies, and support leaders who put American safety first. The choice is clear — tolerate a slow-motion invasion that endangers our kids and our troops, or elect and empower officials who will secure the border, enforce the law, and never apologize for defending this country.