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PULSE POINTS
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Ukrainian woman, Iryna Zarutska, 23, was brutally stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, by Decarlos Brown, 35.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The victim, Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, and the suspect, Decarlos Brown, a homeless man with a criminal record.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred on August 22, 2025, aboard a South End light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina.
💬KEY QUOTE: “What the hell was he doing riding the train, and walking the streets? Criminals like this need to be LOCKED UP.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: The horrific murder and the corporate media’s relative silence on it has sparked public outrage.
IN FULL
President Donald J. Trump has condemned the brutal killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska as “horrible,” signaling possible federal action in response to the deadly attack. Trump’s remarks come as outrage grows over the senseless murder and what many view as a failure of Democrat-led policies in cities like Charlotte, North Carolina.
Zarutska, 23, was stabbed to death on August 22 while riding a train in Charlotte. The attack, caught on surveillance video, shows 35-year-old Decarlos Brown, a repeat offender with a lengthy criminal record, lunging at her from behind without provocation. Brown, whose criminal history includes convictions for armed robbery and assault, had been released earlier this year without bail—a policy President Trump has often railed against. Brown was arrested shortly after the stabbing and is currently being held without bond on a first-degree murder charge.
“I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic,” Trump commented on social media.
“The perpetrator was a well known career criminal, who had been previously arrested and released on CASHLESS BAIL in January, a total of 14 TIMES. What the hell was he doing riding the train, and walking the streets?” he demanded. “Criminals like this need to be LOCKED UP.”
The America First leader added that the “blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer’s knife” in the video, “and now her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail, including Former Disgraced Governor and ‘Wannabe Senator’ Roy Cooper. North Carolina, and every State, needs LAW AND ORDER, and only Republicans will deliver it!”
He then demanded, “[W]here is the outrage from the Mainstream Media on this horrible tragedy?
Many conservatives have highlighted the slaying as a prime example of failed soft-on-crime policies. The President has strenuously criticized the Democrats over violent crime in recent weeks, federalizing the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying National Guard troops and federal law enforcement, and threatening to do the same in Chicago, Illinois, and other crime-ridden, Democrat-run cities.
“I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic. The perpetrator was… pic.twitter.com/4yUn0rw62k
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 8, 2025
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