Donald Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti an "agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist," marking an increase in the intensity of his rhetoric toward the ICU nurse fatally shot by federal agents after the president recently said he wanted to "de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota.

Trump posted his comments on the Veteran’s Affairs hospital ICU nurse early Friday. “Alex Pretti’s stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE Officer,” he wrote.

Donald Trump has appeared to undermine Second Amendment rights in statements about Alex Pretti’s killing. Many in the firearms community are going along with it.

Pretti, an intensive care nurse, was fatally shot during an encounter with Border Patrol agents on January 24.

Federal investigation into Alex Pretti shooting focuses on use-of-force policies, despite gun groups raising Second Amendment concerns.

The president’s attack echoes several other conservative figures who have cited a video that shows Pretti clashing with federal immigration agents, days before he was shot and killed.

New videos showed Pretti in a confrontation with federal agents 11 days before he was fatally shot

After videos resurfaced showing a confrontation between Mr. Pretti and federal agents 11 days before officers fatally shot him, President Trump again sought to cast blame on him.

President Trump has upset gun right groups and shifted his Second Amendment politics after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota.

Trump supporters have seized on new videos of a confrontation between Alex Pretti and ICE agents 11 days before his fatal shooting.