Trump condemns 'act of pure evil' in New Orleans as Biden briefed

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden issued statements within minutes of each other regarding the deadly vehicle attack in New Orleans early Wednesday morning with two starkly contrasting messages regarding the attack that is now being investigated as a terrorist incident.

Trump posted on Truth Social that his incoming administration will “fully support the City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil,” adding that crime in the United States is “at a level that nobody has ever seen before.”