Melania Trump calls for ‘unity’ in Minneapolis and urges anti-ICE demonstrators to ‘protest in peace’
Melania Trump’s appeal for unity in Minneapolis lands in a city already raw with grief and rage. Her words, urging peaceful protest after the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, arrive as streets fill with chants, sirens, and the heavy thud of riot shields. She leans on her husband’s “very good” calls with Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, holding them up as proof that the White House wants calm, not escalation. Yet every new video from the protests tests that promise in real time.
Outside a Maple Grove hotel, demonstrators confront armored officers guarding top Border Patrol officials, their anger aimed at the very system Melania now tries to soften. Her message is simple: reject violence, stand together. The nation’s reality is not. Between federal power and local fury, her plea hangs in the air — a fragile hope against a deep, unfinished wound.
