Nov 30, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump invites families of shot National Guard members to the White House

Rebecca Falconer

President Trump, wearing a navy jacket with a US flag pin at the top of his left lapel, white shirt and purple satin paisley tie, leans at a cabin entrance aboard Air Force One as he stares at reporters, one of whom (a fair-skinned, brown-haired person) can be seen to his left. — President Trump aboard Air Force One in flight to Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30. Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images

President Trump said Sunday he plans to "honor" two West Virginia National Guard members who were shot in an ambush-style attack in Washington, D.C., last week.

What he's saying: Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House that he'd invited the parents of 20-year-old Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, who died of her injuries, to the White House.

"I said, 'When you're ready,' because that's a tough thing, 'come to the White House; we're going to honor Sarah,'" the president said.
"And likewise with Andrew, recover or not," Trump said of Beckstrom's 24-year-old colleague, Andrew Wolfe, who was critically injured in the attack.

The big picture: Communities in West Virginia have in recent days been honoring the National Guard members, with state Gov. Patrick Morrisey issuing a proclamation requesting West Virginians to "observe a statewide moment of silence or prayer" on Friday.

Morrisey told Fox News on Sunday that he had visited Wolfe in the hospital a day earlier and he "is still in critical condition, he's fighting for his life."
The suspect in the shooting near the White House faces charges including one count of first-degree murder.

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