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President Donald Trump used Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) tribute to Alex Pretti in an attempt to smear the slain 37-year-old nurse.

In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump shared a video of what was thought to be Pretti getting into an altercation with DHS agents days before his death.

"Caring for people was at the core of who he was," Warren says in the video. "He was incapable of causing harm. Alex carried patience, compassion, and calm as a steady light within him."

As Warren speaks, Pretti appears engaged in a scuffle with law enforcement days before he was killed.

"Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure," the senator notes.

Trump also shared remarks from one of his fans, calling the video "The Story of Alex Pretti."

Asked about Pretti earlier this week, Trump replied, "I love everybody. I love all of our people. I love his family. And it's a very sad situation."

Melania Trump's eponymous documentary flopped in its London debut.

UK cinema chain Vue's will premier "Melania" at 3:10 p.m. at its flagship Islington theater in London, but so far only one person has bought a ticket and just two tickets have sold for a 6 p.m. showing – undercutting President Donald Trump's hype claims, reported LBC.

"MELANIA, the Movie, is a MUST WATCH," Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social. "Get your tickets today — Selling out, FAST!"

In truth, according to Vue chief executive Tim Richards, UK ticket sales are "soft," and the film – for which Amazon MGM Studios paid a reported $40 million – is projected to make just $5 million during its opening weekend, and trade publication Boxoffice Pro projects less than half that haul.

"I’d be amazed if box office gets reported on this title," one industry insider told The Mirror, adding that the film’s distributors might be paying a fee to cinemas to screen the movie, an established practice known as “four-walling.”

Documentary filmmaker Stefano Da Frè, who was not involved in the film, told CNN that "data-driven" Amazon would not have invested that much expecting to lose money.

“With all their tools, all their AI, Amazon Web Services — they didn’t just come up with that number randomly,” Da Frè said. “They believe, through their metrics, that it’s worth that amount.”

A studio spokesperson backed that assertion and disputed that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had sunk that much money on a "vanity project" for the president's wife.

“We licensed the film for one reason and one reason only — because we think customers are going to love it," the Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson said.

"Melania" will open in 1,400 theaters Friday in the U.S. and in more than 27 other countries, and Amazon spent a reported $35 million on marketing the documentary, and social media posts have suggested that many theaters will be empty as the film rolls.

FBI carried out a search of an election hub in a Georgia county that was one of President Donald Trump's primary target for fraud claims.

Agents were seen going into the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, reported Fox News Digital.

The outlet reported that it was told the probe was related to the 2020 election.

The FBI and Department of Justice each declined to comment on the search.

The hub facility was opened in 2023 by state officials to streamline the county's election process.

Trump was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury along with 18 co-defendants in 2023 on charges related to his efforts to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden, but that case was ultimately dismissed after district attorney Fani Willis was removed over an improper relationship with a special prosecutor.

Four of Trump's alleged co-conspirators pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against him and the other defendants.

Melania Trump told her husband to course correct in Minneapolis because she was furious Alex Pretti's shooting put the release of the documentary about her life in the shade, according to a biographer of Donald Trump.

The first lady intervened in her husband's immigration enforcement operations because she thought uproar over last weekend's ICE shooting took focus off her premiere, writer Michael Wolff told the Daily Beast.

"This was supposed to be the Melania week," he said.

The 37-year-old ICU nurse Pretti was shot as he defended a woman from ICE agents on Saturday, video and multiple reports show.

Wolff characterized Trump as responsive to spousal pressure. He said: "Donald Trump is not moved by normal political considerations, but he is moved by a p---ed-off wife. What he does not want is a p---ed-off and uncontrolled Melania."

And, according to Wolff, Melania was "truly p---ed-off" as she considered the premiere of the $75 million film, scheduled for the Kennedy Center, was eclipsed.

"You cannot alienate the first lady to the extent that she makes it an issue with the president. Almost everyone within the White House acknowledges that this is a tripwire."

By the time Trump attended Melania's premiere event Saturday evening, he had begun to "wobble" on his deportation strategy. Wolff noted: "The shooting of Alex Pretti is Saturday morning. Saturday evening is the screening of Melania, the movie. So during this period, the president, Donald Trump, begins to shift in his view of this."

On Monday, Trump removed Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino from Minneapolis, replacing him with Border Czar Tom Homan, who opposes Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem, who incorrectly characterized Pretti as a "domestic terrorist," met with the president for two hours Monday evening and is reportedly in precarious standing. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, criticized for calling Pretti an "assassin," was excluded from the meeting.

Melania's documentary is underperforming commercially. The film, following the first lady during the 20 days preceding Trump's second inauguration, opened in approximately 1,500 to 2,000 theaters. Social media users have highlighted numerous unsold theater seats, with examples of sparse attendance at screenings in New York and Los Angeles. The National Research Group projects the film, for which Jeff Bezos' Amazon MGM Studios invested $75 million, will generate only $5 million during its opening weekend.

Wolff is currently defending against legal threats from Melania after she threatened to sue him for $1 billion, with Wolff invoking New York state protections for reporters and free speech.

Immigration agents across the country are quietly rebelling against the Trump administration after being thrust into what they describe as a “no-win situation” following the killing of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti, according to a report by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein. Agents told Klippenstein they are furious over what they see as a politically driven “information war” from Washington, rejecting officials’ rush to brand Pretti a “domestic terrorist” despite video evidence showing he was unarmed when shot repeatedly. The administration’s aggressive damage-control narrative has fueled paranoia, fear of retaliation, and deep internal dissent, with some agents openly questioning leadership and even calling for a pullout from Minnesota as confidence in DHS leadership collapses.

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Trump immigration agents revolt after Pretti killing sparks internal backlash Trump immigration agents revolt after Pretti killing sparks internal backlash

Dozens of protesters in Phoenix, Arizona were hit in a drive-by mace attack Monday night by an apparent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, Phoenix New Times editor Zach Buchanan reported.

“I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea,” Buchanan wrote in a social media post on X, alongside video of the incident.

“It shows protesters – on the sidewalk, impeding no one – getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road. Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.”

In the video, around two dozen demonstrators can be seen protesting ICE on a sidewalk near a sports grill just outside of Phoenix’s downtown area as apparent ICE vehicles drive by. As a silver truck bearing sirens passes by, an individual in the front passenger seat can be seen spraying protesters with what appears to be mace as the vehicle passes by.

“Oh my god, oh my god,” a voice can be heard shouting moments after the protesters were sprayed.

One protester appeared injured by the drive-by mace attack, with others rushing to their aid and one offering them an article of clothing to wipe their face.