Trump wouldn’t call Minnesota governor after Democrat was slain but now blames him for raised flags
September 15, 2025
President Donald Trump says he would have ordered flags lowered to half-staff after the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker if the governor had asked, but Trump at the time refused to even call the governor. On Monday, Trump was questioned about why he lowered flags for conservative activist Charlie Kirk but not for former Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman, who was killed in June. Trump said he would have acted if Minnesota’s governor had requested it. However, Trump previously refused to call the governor, dismissing it as a “waste of time.”