‘People start praising him’

newly elected president donald trump The public flattered the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate accused of shooting Luigi Mangione in a call with reporters Monday. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Earlier this month in New York City.

“I think it’s really terrible that some people admire him — like that,” Trump lamented during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “It was a brutal murder, just a brutal, horrific murder.”

Trump, 78, said he hopes it is “fake news” that so many people are cheering for a man accused of murdering a husband and father of two sons.

The president-elect added, “You can’t believe some people – and maybe it’s fake news – I don’t know.” “There seems to be a certain appetite for (the killer). I don’t understand it.”

“How can people like this guy – it really is a disease, it’s really bad. Especially the way it was done was very bad – absolutely backwards,” he lamented.

Earlier this month, Thompson, 50, was shot in the back outside a hotel on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.

Authorities later captured Mangione, a techie who apparently used some of the skills he obtained from an engineering and computer science degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a former friend previously told The Post. print a 3-d gun Which he allegedly used for shooting.

Since that time, many netizens have praised Mangione, expressed delight at images of his six-pack abs and criticized the accused killer against the American private health insurance industry. in a handwritten declaration,

Former Washington Post media journalist Taylor Lorenz said that he took “Happiness” in murder. Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel joked about his writers drooling over Mangione’s shapely physique and expressing her desire to be on the jury considering her case.

Politicians like Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Expressed anger against health insurance companies To downplay Thompson’s execution.

“Violence is never the answer, but people can only be pushed so far,” the Massachusetts Democrat said before issuing a follow-up statement. Violence is never the answer. Duration. I should have made it clear that there is no justification for murder.”

Evidence suggests that Mangione was suffering from back pain, had surgery later And vented anger on the health insurance industry. UnitedHealthcare claims the company did not insure him.

Trump has faced several assassination attempts, including his July 13 Butler, PA rally, in which a bullet came within a quarter inch of killing him, and the September 15 rally at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida. It took place at the golf club. , where the Secret Service foils a plot by would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Roth.

Despite some fanfare online, some polls indicate that Mangione remains unpopular among the broader public.

About 61% of Americans had a strongly or somewhat negative view of him, according to a survey by Center for Strategic Politics,

Fundraising platforms have slowed efforts to raise cash for his defense.

Mangione has been charged with second-degree murder, possession of a fake ID and illegal possession of a firearm.