Public opinion of the Trump administration has cratered in the wake of killings by immigration agents in Minneapolis. Several administration officials, including Noem and Miller, disparaged Pretti in the hours and days after his killing. Noem, for example, described Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” to the media, and baselessly claimed the ICU nurse had planned to “massacre” immigration agents in the city. Miller’s views on immigration have largely been adopted by Trump, both within his first and second terms. Trump is reportedly deeply upset with how the public now perceives him on the issue of immigration and his plans for mass deportation.