Minnesota Burns While Walz Plays Politics and Trump Calls Out the Chaos

As Minnesota grapples with one of the most shocking political tragedies in its modern history, the assassination of House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman and the attempted murder of State Senator John Hoffman, the state’s top leader, Governor Tim Walz, appears more interested in political optics than real leadership.

While President Donald Trump is being criticized by left-wing media for not placing a ceremonial phone call to Walz, the truth is that Trump is doing what leaders should do—calling out failure where it festers and refusing to play into the charade of political niceties when lives are being lost and violence is allowed to fester under weak leadership.

The cold, hard reality is that Tim Walz has failed his state, and the events of this past weekend prove just how catastrophically broken the Democratic Party’s law-and-order narrative truly is.

The assassination of a high-ranking state legislator in broad daylight and the attempted murder of another official and his wife mark not only a terrifying escalation in domestic political violence, but also a symptom of something deeper—a loss of control, of discipline, of the very basic safety standards that citizens expect their governments to uphold.

Yet instead of owning up to these failures, Walz, true to form, played the victim and hid behind press conferences and partisan statements. And while the Biden camp rushed to make symbolic phone calls, the only one who dared to speak the truth plainly was Trump.

When asked whether he would be calling Walz, the president didn’t mince words. He called Walz what millions of Americans already believe him to be—a terrible governor, grossly incompetent, and unfit to lead a state in crisis.

Trump’s blunt words hit a nerve, because they were not political jabs, but an accurate diagnosis of a failed administration.

In the aftermath of the violence, while Democrats were scrambling for photo ops and press soundbites, federal agencies under the Trump administration had already coordinated with state officials to bring the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, into custody.

That suspect, believed to have gunned down Rep. Hortman and her husband, and wounded Senator Hoffman and his wife, represents more than just a lone wolf with a weapon.

He represents the consequences of years of Democratic soft-on-crime policies that have made cities like Minneapolis and states like Minnesota unsafe for ordinary citizens and public servants alike.

When President Trump called Governor Walz a low-IQ individual and a dumb person, many in the media gasped. But Americans who lived through the lawlessness of 2020, when Minneapolis burned under Walz’s watch, remembered exactly what Trump was referring to.

This is not the first time chaos has erupted under Walz’s leadership. In the wake of the George Floyd incident, it was Walz who failed to deploy the National Guard until it was too late.

It was Walz who stood by as rioters torched businesses, assaulted police, and drove the city into economic and moral ruin. And now, again, violence has returned to the heart of Minnesota politics, and the Democratic governor once again has no plan, no control, and no real leadership to offer.

Trump, meanwhile, has not only called out the governor’s incompetence but taken swift federal action to support law enforcement and intelligence coordination.

Vice President JD Vance reportedly held immediate conversations with state authorities to assist in response and protection. The White House, under Trump’s second term, is focused on real solutions, not empty rhetoric.

And while Walz might be whining about not receiving a personal call from Trump, he should be thanking the administration for preventing more bloodshed in a state that seems to have slipped into political lawlessness.

What’s more revealing than Trump’s refusal to placate a failing governor is the reaction from the Democrat elite, including Joe Biden, who quickly rushed to pick up the phone—not to solve a crisis, but to polish the image of a party that has lost control of the very institutions they pretend to protect.

This is the same Biden who ignored violent crime for years, who allowed cities to rot under the weight of failed mayors and spineless governors, and who weaponized law enforcement against political opponents while ignoring real threats to American lives.

When Trump says Walz is incompetent, it isn’t just a political dig—it’s a summary of years of failed governance.

Governor Walz’s recent attempts to rebrand himself as a national Democratic voice, traveling the country holding town halls in Republican districts, are nothing but a smokescreen to distract from his state’s unraveling.

As he tours the country trying to gain relevance, his home state falls apart. His silence in the wake of the assassination attempt speaks volumes. He is not a leader.

He is a career politician clinging to national attention while his own backyard is drenched in violence. Democrats want to claim moral authority, but where were they when a sitting House leader was gunned down?

Where was the outcry from MSNBC, CNN, and their ilk? Instead of demanding answers, they obsess over whether Trump makes a phone call or not. That’s not leadership. That’s theater.

The Trump administration, led by strong voices like Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon and JD Vance as Vice President, understands that optics don’t save lives—decisive action does.

And that’s why Americans continue to trust Trump on matters of law, order, and leadership. He doesn’t pander. He doesn’t issue vague statements of sympathy while crime escalates. He takes action and he names names.

As federal investigators dig into the background of the shooter, early reports indicate that Boelter was known to state officials and may have had prior warning signs.

If true, this will be another devastating indictment of the state’s failure to track and monitor dangerous individuals—a pattern that has repeated under Democrat rule not just in Minnesota, but across the nation.

From California to New York, soft sentencing, defunded police, and politicized justice systems have turned once great cities into crime-ridden nightmares.

The Trump administration is drawing a line. Enough with the symbolism. Enough with the excuses. When a high-ranking politician is gunned down in cold blood, and state leaders still focus on partisan games, that’s a signal that the country must wake up.

The left wants you to believe that Trump’s refusal to call Tim Walz is somehow heartless or petty. But in truth, it is Walz’s negligence and indifference that have led to these tragedies.

Trump doesn’t owe him a call. Walz owes his citizens an apology. The Democrats’ playbook of blaming Trump for everything while failing to govern is falling apart.

The American people see through it. And in 2025, with Trump once again in the White House, the adults are back in charge.

This moment will be remembered not just for the tragedy that occurred, but for how leaders responded to it. Trump responded with blunt truth and real coordination.

Walz responded with political deflection and self-pity. And that contrast tells you everything you need to know about who is fighting for America and who is watching it fall apart.