President Donald Trump offered his theory for the motive behind the shooting of two National Guard members near the White House on Wednesday.

Speaking during his Thanksgiving address to troops from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday, the president suggested that the gunman may have targeted the guard members after becoming "upset" by the success of the National Guard's deployment in Washington, D.C.

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West Virginia National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, was part of the 2,200 guardsmen deployed to D.C. as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on crime and immigration operations in the district.

Administration officials have branded the deployment as a success, with Trump announcing during Tuesday's turkey pardoning ceremony th

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