President Trump claimed that the suspect behind the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, DC, “went cuckoo” and faulted poor vetting for letting him into the country during a fiery exchange with a reporter.

“He went cuckoo, he went nuts. And that happens too often with these people,” Trump told a reporter who highlighted suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal ‘s ties to the CIA. “There was no vetting or anything. They came in unvetted.”

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President Trump claimed that the Afghan terror suspect behind the shooting of two national Guard troops near the White House “went cuckoo” and faulted poor vetting for letting him into the country. AFP via Getty Images

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