President Donald Trump stunned observers Monday by holding a conciliatory call with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey just days after immigration agents shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti during a protest. The discussion, which Frey said included ending the city’s Operation Metro Surge, marked an unusually cooperative tone from Trump, who has previously clashed with the mayor and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over federal enforcement tactics. Analysts view the call as a tactical retreat amid mounting scrutiny of Trump’s aggressive immigration deployments in Minneapolis, which have seen multiple high-profile deaths and sparked criticism that the administration’s “surge” is both deadly and politically risky.
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