Trump admin live updates: Trump pardons former entertainment exec indicted by own DOJ

Trump was asked about the pushback from Minnesota leaders over his anti-immigrant rhetoric and attacks on Somali immigrants.

The president continued his criticism of the community, the majority of whom are naturalized U.S. citizens, according to the U.S census, and took aim again at U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Trump said Omar, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, "shouldn't be allowed to be a congresswoman."

"Go back to your own country," Trump later said.

Hours after President Donald Trump announced he granted a pardon to Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who were indicted on charges including bribery in 2024, Trump said he is a "respected person."

"He's a respected person. He was treated very badly because he said that people should not be allowed to pour into our country, and he was right," Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

Prosecutors alleged that Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, began accepting the roughly $600,000 in bribes from an oil and gas company owned by Azerbaijan's government as well as a bank headquartered in Mexico City.

ABC News' Selina Wang questioned Trump on the Sept. 2 strike and possible consequences for military officials.

"If it is found that survivors were actually killed while clinging on to that boat, should Secretary Hegseth, Adm. Bradley or others be punished?" she asked.

"I think you're going to find that this is war," Trump responded before talking about how drugs were killing Americans.

Wang followed up, asking Trump if he supported "the decision to kill survivors."

"No, I support the decision to knock out the boats," Trump responded.

President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office on Wednesday, said that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner had a "very good meeting" with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Trump said he spoke to Witkoff and Kushner on Tuesday night, saying Putin would "like to end the war."

"He would like to see the war ended," Trump said, referring to Putin. "They're impression was very strongly that he would like to make a deal."

In terms of what comes out of the meeting and it's impact on the end of the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump said "I can't tell you because it does take two to tango."