Jimmy Kimmel called President Donald Trump a "maniac" for defending the ICE agent who killed 37-year-old U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on January 7, rejecting claims of self-defense amid local outrage, including Mayor Jacob Frey's condemnation of the agent's recklessness.
The shooting of Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation in Minneapolis has intensified debates over federal enforcement tactics. President Trump posted on Truth Social describing video of the incident as "a horrible thing to watch," alleging Good "violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer," who fired in self-defense and is recovering. He blamed "the Radical Left threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents," calling to "MAKE AMERICA SAFE."
On January 7's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel countered: "This maniac. Now, I saw this video. It didn’t look like anybody got run over to me. It looked to me like a woman got scared, tried to drive away, and they shot her. That’ll be for the court to decide." He spotlighted Frey's rebuke: "an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying," with Frey telling ICE to "Get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
This is Kimmel's second recent clash with Trump over deaths; earlier, Trump tied Rob Reiner's passing to "Trump derangement syndrome," prompting Kimmel to decry it as "hateful and vile" and demand compassion on guns and mental health.
The case remains under investigation, with divided views on the agent's actions.
