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Former George W. Bush administration strategist David Frum told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace that the dismal economic figures released on Friday aren't an accident — they are direct and intentional, a result of President Donald Trump's trade and immigration agenda.

"The message to drive home for Democrats about prices is Trump did it on purpose," said Frum. "That's one of the reasons that I don't quite like the 'affordability' slogan, because it makes it seem like this is like something happening because it's in nature, it's something that happened beyond any human control."

President Donald Trump was confronted by CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Friday about why his administration blocked Minnesota from being part of the federal investigation into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement shooting of a 37-year-old mom of three in Minneapolis — and his resulting answer, which meandered into attacks on Somali-Americans and false claims that he would have won the state without voter fraud, left observers stunned.

"State officials there have said that the FBI isn't sharing evidence with them," said Collins. "Typically they would conduct a joint investigation, as you know. Do you believe that the FBI should be sharing evidence with state officials in Minnesota?"

Former Republican Party strategist and speechwriter Tim Miller barely held his composure in a video Friday for The Bulwark, as he analyzed newly released cell phone footage from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis mother of three at close range through her open car window.

"As you can see there, the agent, Jonathan Ross, the one that kills Renee Good, walks around the front of the car, at which point, with her window down, Renee says to him, 'That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you,'" said Miller, a frequent critic of the president.

Mockery erupted Friday afternoon as President Donald Trump read aloud a note from his Secretary of State during a power lunch with big oil titans.

Trump held court to convince ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips executives to drop billions on rebuilding Venezuela's neglected energy infrastructure. Trump told the New York Times that Caracas must "give us everything we feel is necessary"—including exclusive oil partnerships with America and ditching ties to China, Russia, and Iran.

Kyle Rittenhouse, a conservative acquitted of murdering two protesters, blamed violence during anti-ICE protests in Minnesota on "drinking too much fluoride."

During a Friday interview, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told Rittenhouse that liberals were threatening violence after Renee Nicole Good was shot to death by agent Jonathan Ross.

In the wake of the most recent shooting by federal immigration agents in Oregon on Thursday, the FBI issued a statement on social media describing what it called an “agent-involved shooting” that left “two individuals wounded.”

However, that post was soon deleted, with the agency issuing a new revised statement, one with differences that MS NOW argued amounted to a blatant “change in narrative.”

During a press conference in Minneapolis on Friday, the county attorney of Hennepin County left no doubt that an investigation into the shooting of Renee Good at point-blank range by an ICE agent resulting in the 37-year-old mom ‘s death belongs with her office.

Brought on by Mayor Jacob Frey to answer questions about the FBI taking over the case, seizing all the evidence and refusing to cooperate, county attorney Mary Moriarity was careful not to cast any aspersions on the FBI and Director Kash Patel, but also said she hoped she would not be forced to go to court over the issue.

Vice President J.D. Vance used body camera footage leaked from his administration to justify the killing of Renee Nicole Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent Jonathan Ross.

On Friday, Vance shared the leaked video from Alpha News, which appeared to be taken from the perspective of Ross's body camera.