by Stefano Vaccara
NEW YORK (ITALPRESS) – Donald Trump’s retreat from Minneapolis shows that fear policy has limits. After the murder of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse hit by federal agents, the administration attempted to attribute responsibility to the victim. But the videos spread by the citizens immediately denied the official version, showing Pretti unarmed, with a telephone in hand, before being immobilized and killed by the ICE agents with ten gunshots.
At the heart of this political drama ended Gregory Bovino, commander of Border Patrol in Minneapolis, transformed by the administration into the public face of a repressive hold that actually went far beyond his figure. Bovino is only a “patsy”, a scapegoat, the last wheel of the carriage.
The true architects of the narrative after the shooting were higher: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Head of Staff Stephen Miller and, ultimately, President Trump himself, who instinctively repeated the proven script of the distortion of facts.
This time, however, smartphones have produced a boomerang effect. The social media ecosystem that in the past had helped build and spread “alternative truths” amplified instead evidence that denied the official version. Videos become viral not only show Unarmed Pretti: they show the lack of credibility of the federal administration.
The Republicans at Congress, submerged by indignant calls from their states, could no longer kneel before “alternative truth”. Even the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post have changed their tone.
The Journal responds to investors, executives and elites who demand reality, not propaganda. The Post speaks to a trumpian base willing to swallow a lot, but not what it can see clearly with its own eyes. Videos unmasked the lie and plotted a limit that neither money nor ideology can erase.
For now Trump had to “dead the taco” and go back. But the attempt to normalize an authoritarian narrative, based on fear and institutional manipulation, was unmasked for what it is: a state lie. Bovino alone is not enough as a scapegoat.
The next head to fall should be at least that of “Barbie ICE” Noem, and all those who choose the narrative instead of the truth. In a country where citizens can see events in real time, propaganda that contradicts obvious video evidence does not hold.
The replacement of Gregory Bovino with Trump’s “Czar of Borders”, Tom Homan, should not reassure anyone. Homan built his career on an aggressive application of migratory policies and a blatant contempt for judicial limitations. His arrival in Minneapolis does not mark a retreat, but a “upgrade”: less mistakes, greater discipline, the same coercive strategy. If Bovino was sacrificed, Homan is there to do the same dirty work more efficiently and with less political noise.
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