Trump says government ‘leakers should be shot’

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President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that government officials who leak information to the media “should be shot.”

The president’s comments came at a campaign rally along the Arizona-Nevada border in support of Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and other downballot Republicans — the second stop on his 2026 campaign swing across western states.

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