President Donald Trump has called the Washington D.C. shooting that critically injured two National Guard troops "an act of terror."

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday following the “ambush” by an Afghan national of two West Virginia National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., placing the blame on the Biden administration. Trump said that Americans are “filled with righteous anger and ferocious resolve” in the wake of the attack, which he said was “an act of evil, an act of hatred, and an act of terror.” “It was a crime against our entire nation. It was a crime against humanity,” he said. The suspect, 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the United States from Afghanistan in September 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome following the messy withdrawal during the Biden administration of American troops from Afghanistan. “We must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden, and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country,” he said. “This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation,” the president said regarding illegal immigration, blaming Biden for the hefty influx of immigrants into the country during his administration through both legal and illegal avenues. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed on Wednesday that the suspect was not properly vetted before entering the United States following 2021 troop withdrawal. “The suspect who shot our brave National Guardsmen is an Afghan national who was one of the many unvetted, mass paroled into the United States under Operation Allies Welcome on September 8, 2021, under the Biden Administration. I will not utter this depraved individual’s name. He should be starved of the glory he so desperately wants,” she said. The president said he would then direct the Department of War to send 500 more troops to Washington, D.C., as part of a federal law enforcement surge that began earlier this summer to crack down on crime in the capital city. WATCH IN FULL: President Donald J. Trump addresses the nation following the horrific terror attack on National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. pic.twitter.com/5g6xpAYqVw — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 27, 2025 Trump said that he will make sure the suspect “pays the steepest possible price.” Earlier on Wednesday, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said, “We are now receiving conflicting reports about the condition of our two Guard members and will provide additional updates once we receive more complete information.” In a prior post, the governor said that the victims died. National Guardsmen were seen praying outside the hospital where the victims were being treated. Right now, DailyWire+ annual memberships are fifty percent off during our Black Friday sale. Join now at dailywire.com/blackfriday.

Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro minced no words when he reacted to the Wednesday shooting of two National Guardsmen by an Afghan national near the White House. “These are the wages of Joe Biden’s awful foreign policy combined with his awful immigration policy,” Shapiro said. “Remember: Joe Biden decided that in perfectly cowardly and ignominious fashion, the United States was going to flee Afghanistan and leave the entire country in the hands of the Taliban.” Two National Guardsmen were shot in an apparent ambush. The suspect, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was also reportedly shot and taken into custody at the scene. WATCH: Breaking news on the National Guard terrorist attack pic.twitter.com/zKhTW8Gafc — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 27, 2025 Shapiro asserted that Biden could have executed a withdrawal from Afghanistan in a more responsible manner, and noted that the chaotic mess that resulted was the reason Biden’s State Department had then implemented the refugee policies that allowed this terrorist and others entry into the United States with far less vetting they might otherwise be subjected to. Right now, DailyWire+ annual memberships are fifty percent off during our Black Friday sale. Join now at dailywire.com/blackfriday. Ultimately blaming “Joe Biden’s cowardice and idiocy,” Shapiro explained, “The result of this is that you end up with terrorists in the United States — and you remember, the original goal of this entire operation was to keep terrorists out of the United States and, in fact, to deny a safe haven to terrorists in Afghanistan and to keep terrorists outside of America’s borders.” “It’s failure on top of failure on top of failure,” he added. “When you bring in huge numbers of people from countries that do not like the United States and whose cultures are, in fact, not assimilative to American values, then you can’t be surprised when stuff like this happens. You cannot.” “This one is on Joe Biden, pure and simple,” Shapiro concluded. “I don’t know who else to blame. Honestly. It is your job to make sure that some of the most predictably terror-minded people on earth don’t come into the United States.”

The Biden administration’s free-for-all admission of refugees from Afghanistan after it botched the United States’s withdrawal from the country allowed the man who opened fire on National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., into the country. The suspect, 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the United States in 2021 as part of President Joe Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome,” which allowed roughly 77,000 Afghan nationals into the country, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire late Wednesday. That very program was exposed for allowing terrorists and countless unvetted individuals to go free into the United States. Nearly a year after the last American troops left the war-torn country, the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s office discovered that federal officials lacked sufficient information to vet the evacuees and in some cases didn’t have the accurate or complete  backgrounds on the individuals. The report concluded that the Biden administration “admitted or paroled evacuees who were not fully vetted” even though they posed “a risk to national security and the safety of local communities.” To add to security concerns, hundreds of Afghans walked off American military bases, where they were being housed until their resettlement was completed, before they were fully vetted, Reuters reported in October 2021. The Biden administration’s poor vetting standards allowed an Afghan man into the United States who allegedly plotted an Election Day terrorist attack on behalf of ISIS. The Department of Justice charged Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, last year after he allegedly “took steps to liquidate his family’s assets, resettle members of his family overseas, acquire AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition” to carry out his attack. Lakanwal allegedly shot two West Virginia National Guard soldiers blocks from the White House on Wednesday afternoon. Right now, DailyWire+ annual memberships are fifty percent off during our Black Friday sale. Join now at dailywire.com/blackfriday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem condemned the attack in a statement shared with The Daily Wire “I will not utter this depraved individual’s name,” Noem said. “He should be starved of the glory he so desperately wants. These men and women of the National Guard are mothers, fathers, sisters, daughters, children of God, carrying out the same basic public safety and immigration laws enshrined in law for decades.” “The politicians and media who continue to vilify our men and women in uniform need to take a long hard look in the mirror. Bryon and I will be praying hard for these two National Guardsmen, their families, and every American who puts on uniform to defend our freedom,” she added. President Donald Trump described the attack as a “monstrous ambush,” slamming the Biden administration for allowing the alleged shooter into the United States. “This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation. The last administration let in 20 million unknown and unvetted foreigners from all over the world,” Trump said Wednesday. The FBI is looking into the attack as a possible act of terrorism. The Trump administration announced Wednesday that “processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols.” Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols. The protection and safety of our homeland and of the American people remains our singular focus and… — USCIS (@USCIS) November 27, 2025 Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro reacted to the shooting late Wednesday, and said that Biden was entirely to blame for the attack “This one is on Joe Biden, pure and simple,” Shapiro said. “I don’t know who else to blame. Honestly. It is your job to make sure that some of the most predictably terror-minded people on earth don’t come into the United States.” As of Wednesday evening, the two victims were in critical condition, FBI Director Kash Patel said at a press conference.

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