Trump, 79, Kicks Off Press Conference by Reading Aloud to Himself
It’s been exactly one year since Donald Trump returned to the highest office in the land. To mark the occasion, the president made sure Tuesday to spend some quality time in front of some of America’s top journalists to seemingly do nothing but talk to himself.
Trump joined the White House press conference, alongside press secretary Karoline Leavitt with a large stack of papers that turned out to be more props than speeches. But it was the content of Trump’s remarks — or rather the lack of them — that led some observers to question whether the president was in a healthy state of mind.
“Hm, I’m just looking at these accusations, it’s just unbelievable,” Trump saidrummaging through the pile of papers, stopping intermittently to hold a page up to the camera. “Many murderers. Many, many murderers. People who murdered.”
The president didn’t stop to name names or specify which people he was targeting in his garbled monologue, but the entries followed a general pattern that read at the top: “Minnesota: the worst of the worst.”
Trump continued to read the names and lists of accusations, sometimes without even looking at the camera. Instead, it seemed like he was simply reading brand new information out loud.
guys, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well. pic.twitter.com/IQHcbM7mtl
-Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 20, 2026
Mass protests have begun in Minnesota since ICE agents fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and US citizen, on January 7. Since then, federal agents have taken people from their homes and families, stopped school buses, attacked teachers and students at a Minneapolis high school and even clashed with local law enforcement.
In response, some protesters chose to carry their firearms openly throughout the city, brandishing their Second Amendment right to bear arms. Residents have trained neighborhood guards to follow ICE vehicles, banging pots and pans and shouting to alert others when agents enter their residential neighborhoods.
Local politicians, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have advised the federal agency to leave their cities and states, arguing that ICE and Border Patrol agents have done more harm than good. In 2025, before Good’s death, the agency killed 32 people– its deadliest year in more than two decades.
But rather than heed that warning, the Trump administration chose to up the ante by subpoenaing Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to appear before a grand jury, while placing 1,500 active-duty troops on standby for a possible invasion of Minnesota.
“I’m going through this because I think we have a lot of time. I’m going to a place – a beautiful place – in Switzerland, where I’m sure I’m very much expected,” Trump said. wandered. “In Switzerland, they are not aware of it. They have other problems, but they don’t have this problem.”
“Listen,” Trump said, pointing to another page. “I killed someone.”
