President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer involved in shooting a person in Minneapolis, Minn., saying he appeared to act in self-defense.

The incident took place on Wednesday and the Department of Homeland Security has defended the officer's conduct. 

"I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch," Trump posted on Truth Social. "The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense."

"Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital," Trump added. "The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!"

Trump included a clip of the incident showing the officer firing into the front of the car as it accelerated. Other camera angles have circulated online.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.