President Donald Trump is blaming the Biden administration for this week’s shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, in part by insisting that the suspect, a 29-year-old Afghan, was among millions of foreigners Biden allowed into the US without proper vetting.

The email to D.C. police was reportedly sent Wednesday evening prior to the death of National Guard specialist Sarah Beckstrom.

Officials said the investigation into the shooting of two National Guard members extends well beyond the nation's capital. The suspect lived in Washington state. Investigators are also looking into his past,

The president called for "reverse migration" in a lengthy social media post late on Thanksgiving and said that he wanted to deport anyone "non-compatible with Western Civilization."

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Cleary is an editor at TIME, based in the London bureau. The shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members deployed to D.

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer faced backlash after criticizing the National Guard deployment following the shooting of two guardsmen in Washington, D.C.