Trump isn’t holding back…
The incoming president, who has deep roots in New York City, called the ambush shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson “cold-blooded and “horrible” during a news briefing Monday, a week after police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania alumnus Luigi Mangione.
“I think it’s really terrible that some people seem to admire him – like him,” Trump said. “It was cold-blooded, just a cold-blooded, horrible killing.”
“How people can like this guy, that’s a sickness actually,” Trump said Monday.
He was particularly appalled by how the murder was carried out – gunshots from behind.
“Maybe it’s fake news. I don’t know; it’s hard to believe that that can even be thought of, but, it seems that there’s a certain appetite for him,” Trump said. “I don’t get it.”
Mangione is facing a slew of charges in New York and Pennsylvania, including second-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and carrying a fake ID.
His lawyer told a Pennsylvania judge last week he planned to fight extradition to New York.
