FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters, on his return from Detroit, Michigan, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
President Donald Trump was confronted Tuesday on "CBS Evening News" with comments from the grieving father - a longtime Trump supporter - of Renee Nicole Good by the new MAGA-approved anchor Tony Dokoupil.
After a tough first week in which Dokoupil saw ratings plummet of the storied program and the new host fumbled his first broadcast, Dokoupil pressed the president about the administration's swift characterization of Good as a "domestic terrorist," asking what Trump would say to her heartbroken father.
"I've got an important question about the situation in Minnesota. The death of Renee Nicole Good. I've been speaking to her father, who is a big supporter of yours," Dokoupil began, according to a transcript of the interaction.
"Good," Trump interjected.
"Like many Americans are. But he's heartbroken right now," said Dokoupil.
"I can understand that, yeah," Trump replied.
"He's heartbroken because his daughter is dead, that's obvious," the anchor continued. "He's also heartbroken because your administration so quickly has come out and said she's a 'domestic terrorist.' What do you wanna say to her father right now?"
"Well, I wanna say to the father that I love all of our people. They can be on the other side. As you say, he might be on my side, he's--," Trump began, as the host affirmed the father is a MAGA supporter. "And I think that's great. And-- and I do, I think it's great. And I would bet you that she, under normal circumstances, was a very solid, wonderful person."
But Trump blasted Good's actions.
"But, you know, her actions were pretty tough. And I've seen it many ways and many different shapes and forms. But the bottom line is, look, we have hundreds of thousands of murderers in our countries, killers. ICE is trying to get them out. They were let in through an open border policy of sleepy Joe Biden. ICE is working very hard to get them out. Their job is being made very, very difficult. And, you know, when you look at that tape, it-- it can be viewed two ways, I guess. But when you look at the way that was-- that car was pulled away-- there were a couple of versions of that tape that are very, very bad."