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The White House delivered a forceful briefing addressing the deadly ambush in Washington, D.C., where two National Guard members were shot by an Afghan national brought to the U.S. after the 2021 withdrawal. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt condemned the Biden-era vetting failures, honored the service of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom—who was killed—and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf, who remains hospitalized, and vowed the attacker will face the most severe consequences.
The briefing also renewed calls for tightened security, accountability, and President Trump’s accelerated deportation plans.


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00:00President Trump will host his ninth cabinet meeting of the year alongside his incredible
00:04cabinet who continue to deliver for the American people at a record pace. Later in the afternoon
00:11tomorrow, the president will make an announcement in the Oval Office on his initiative to create
00:15Trump accounts to give the next generation of Americans a jumpstart on savings. It will be a
00:21very exciting announcement indeed, especially for all of the parents across the country with young
00:26children and babies. On Thursday, President Trump will host the presidents of the Republic
00:31of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign the historic peace and economic agreement
00:37that he brokered. On Thursday night, the president and the first lady will celebrate one of America's
00:42greatest traditions, the lighting of the national Christmas tree on the ellipse. And on Friday,
00:49President Trump will attend the FIFA World Cup final jaw at the Kennedy Center. You all
00:53will be seeing and hearing from the president every day this week. So you have me today and then he
00:57will take on the rest of the week himself. Next, I would like to address the horrific tragedy that
01:03took place in our nation's capital that last week. A foreign terrorist that the Biden administration
01:09failed to properly vet ambushed two members of the West Virginia National Guard who were honorably
01:16serving here to keep their residents and visitors of Washington, D.C. safe. U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant
01:23Andrew Wolfe was severely wounded in the attack and remains hospitalized while he continues to fight
01:29for his life. Tragically, U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died of her wounds. She was just 20 years old.
01:37President Trump and the entire White House are praying for Andrew's full recovery at the request of
01:43his parents and their personal phone call with the president over the weekend. And we are keeping Sarah's
01:49family and friends in our prayers during this unimaginably difficult time. Sarah and Andrew
01:55represent the very best of America, two young patriots who were willing to put on the uniform
02:01and risk their lives in defense of their fellow Americans. Both of them truly embody the profound
02:07words spoken by Jesus Christ in the gospel. Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life
02:14for one's friends. Sarah and Andrew are heroes and we will never forget their sacrifice. That means
02:21ensuring the monster responsible for this atrocity is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and
02:27faces the most severe punishment possible. It also means reckoning with why this atrocity was allowed to
02:34happen in the first place so that it may never occur again. Here are the facts. The terrorist who is
02:40gunned down, who gunned down American soldiers blocks away from the White House in an ambush was an
02:46Afghan national who was flown into our country by Joe Biden's administration in September 2021 in the
02:53chaotic wake of their botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. One of the most embarrassing moments
02:59in the history of our great country. Joe Biden's historic failure in Afghanistan continues to haunt this
03:05country and our men and women in uniform. Not only did this surrender lead to a suicide bombing that
03:11killed 13 American heroes in Kabul, but now National Guard troops were shot on U.S. soil by the same kind
03:19of enemy. We continue to live with the deadly consequences of Joe Biden's horrific leadership.
03:25Nearly 100,000 Afghans were recklessly released into the United States with little to no vetting.
03:31There was no regard for the disorder and violence that this would unleash on American communities and American
03:37culture. Reportedly, thousands of these strangers and unknown individuals were flagged to the Biden
03:43administration for national security, public safety and fraud concerns. But the terrifying truth is that the
03:50Afghanistan debacle is just a small part of Democrats' complete and total betrayal of the American people
03:56during the Biden years. The tragedy that we just witnessed the day before Thanksgiving is a reminder
04:02that untold thousands of terrorists, gang members and criminals were invited into our country and
04:08remain here to this very day. The border is now secure, thanks to President Trump. But the threat in our
04:15interior remains real and urgent. These public safety threats are already inside our land. And President
04:22Trump was elected on a promise to find and remove them. And he has already taken significant steps and
04:28made significant progress towards fulfilling this promise. But there is more work to be done because
04:34President Trump believes that he has a sacred obligation to reverse the calamity of mass unchecked
04:40migration into our country. As a result, the Trump administration is now actively reexamining all of the Afghans
04:48imported into the country by Joe Biden. Any individual who threatens our national security or our
04:54citizenry will be subject to removal. President Trump has already permanently paused migration of foreign
05:01nationals from third world countries that pose a very high risk to the United States. For too long, past
05:08American presidents supported self-destruction, self-destructive immigration policies that allowed
05:14foreigners who outright hate our country and have no interest in assimilating into our culture.
05:20They've allowed these individuals to flood peaceful American communities. This disastrous approach has
05:26drained our welfare program, driven up the cost of housing, suppressed wages and jeopardize the safety
05:33of law abiding American citizens. In fact, according to a new bombshell report from the New York Times,
05:39Somalian migrants in Minnesota have defrauded nearly $1 billion in taxpayer funded benefits under Democrat
05:47Governor Walz's leadership. President Trump is putting an end to this dangerous America last approach.
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