Last week, a 20-year-old National Guard member named Sarah Beckstrom was shot and killed in Washington, and since then, neither President Donald Trump nor many of his allies has been shy about using the tragedy to make political hay. Some have gone so far as to accuse Democratic lawmakers who had told soldiers to disobey illegal orders of having “blood on their hands,” even though none of them had called for violence or said anything about the National Guard.
Then, on Friday, the president was asked about the murdered woman and was accused of insensitivity.
Per HuffPost, a journalist asked Trump if he planned to attend Beckstrom’s funeral.
His response? Trump said that he hadn’t “thought about it yet” but said it was “certainly something I could conceive of.”
Asked if he’ll attend the funeral of West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, Trump said:
“It’s certainly something I can conceive of… I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.”
pic.twitter.com/oIQEukdDW8— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 28, 2025
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He added that, “I love West Virginia,” before bragging about his winning electoral margin in that state.
“You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere, and these are great people,” Trump said, “I love the people of West Virginia. I love the people of our country,” he added. “But I haven’t given it any thought — but it sounds like something I could do, yeah. It’s very raw.”
A lot of social media users had thoughts about Trump’s callous response.
Despicable bastard. In the wake of Sarah Beckstrom’s death, Trump was asked if he would be attending her funeral.
“It is certainly something I could conceive of.” “I love West Virginia, and I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.” pic.twitter.com/Oi2iEWZbMA— Fly Sistah 🪷 (@Fly_Sistah) November 28, 2025
He is truly the most demented malignant narcissist alive. What a sick man. https://t.co/D8MLerEVcS
— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) November 28, 2025
So, if Trump didn’t win West Virginia, he definitely wouldn’t go to the National Guard funeral. But he gave asylum to the shooter in April, so he should just stay away. https://t.co/j4rJw0j2bV via @GoogleNews
— Waverly Hudson (@WaverlyHudson) November 30, 2025
@tech5960#DisgustingDonald
Trump hates our military members and veterans, for him the death and funeral of 20 yr old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom is something he doesn’t want to be bothered with and if he goes to her funeral he will make it about himselfhttps://t.co/PvODaiFni7— Techfpvflyer (@tech5960) November 28, 2025
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