Trump: Female Guard Member Dies; 'Savagely Attacked'
In announcing Spc. Sarah Beckstrom's death from her injuries, the president blasted what he described as catastrophic vetting failures for evacuees during President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal. [Full Story]
By Michael Katz | Thursday, 27 November 2025 09:53 PM EST
National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, one of the two soldiers shot in an ambush-style attack just blocks from the White House, has died from her injuries, President Donald Trump said Thursday night.
Trump made the announcement before speaking to military units via video link from West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is spending the Thanksgiving holiday.
"I must unfortunately tell you that just seconds before I went on, right now, I heard that Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia — one of the Guardsmen, highly respected, young, magnificent person, started service in June 2023, outstanding in every way — she's just passed away," Trump said.
"She's no longer with us. Looking down on us right now. Her parents are with her.
"This just happened. She was savagely attacked. She's dead. She's not with us," he said.
"Incredible person. Outstanding in every single way, every department. It's horrible."
Trump said the other West Virginia National Guard member who was shot, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, "is in very bad shape."
"He's fighting for his life, and hopefully we'll get better news with respect to him," he said.
Trump called the suspected shooter — Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national — a "savage monster" and criticized what he described as catastrophic vetting failures during former President Joe Biden's chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021.
The Department of Homeland Security said Lakanwal came to the U.S. in September 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden-era program to resettle thousands of Afghans who assisted U.S. forces during the Afghanistan war and feared reprisals after the Taliban seized control of the country.
Beckstrom's father, Gary Beckstrom, earlier Thursday told The New York Times by phone that his daughter's injuries were not survivable.
"I'm holding her hand right now. She has a mortal wound. It's not going to be a recovery," he said, declining further comment.
Both soldiers had undergone emergency surgery after the attack and were listed in critical condition.
Newsmax and other media outlets reported that Beckstrom had volunteered for the duty shift so fellow Guard members could spend Thanksgiving with their families.
Trump used the moment to draw a direct line between the shooting and what he called the Biden administration's disastrous and rushed Afghanistan evacuation, which brought tens of thousands of Afghans into the U.S. under emergency procedures.
He held up a photo from the chaotic airlift in Kabul — Afghans clinging to a departing U.S. aircraft — telling the troops, "Here's a picture — just take a look at that plane. This is what we had under the Biden administration."
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-national-guard-beckstrom/2025/11/27/id/1236299/
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