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Weeks after calling for the death penalty to be pursued for any murder that takes place in the nation's capital, President Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum directing Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to implement the death penalty in Washington "where the evidence and facts of the case indicate that the death penalty should be used."

Though it is unclear what authority Trump and the Justice Department have to seek the death penalty for murders in Washington that are not on federal land or otherwise considered federal crimes, as the city abolished the death penalty in 1981.

Trump blamed "radical left rhetoric" for the attack on an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas, Wednesday and also warned that "bad things happen when they play these games."

Investigators are still probing the shooting that left one ICE detainee dead but they said that the suspect was targeting ICE agents.

Trump was asked the question of who he blames, and the president was blunt about what he thinks is responsible: "Radical left rhetoric."

"The radical left is causing this problem, not the right, the radical left. And it's going to get worse," he claimed.

"I mean, bad things happen when they play these games. And, I'll give you a little clue, the right is a lot tougher than the left," the president added.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie and Michelle Stoddart

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were asked about TikTok's algorithm and if it will promote MAGA-related content.

Although Trump said, "if I could, I'd make it 100% MAGA related," he added, "it's not going to work out that way."

"Everyone's going to be treated fairly. Every group, every philosophy, every policy will be treated very fairly," he said.

Vance elaborated.

"What this deal ensures is the American entity, the American investors will actually control the algorithm," he said.

"We want everyone to access this whether they are MAGA or not. We just want this to be fair, we want it to be fair to everybody, and we think this is what's going to happen with this arrangement," Vance added.

President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon signed an executive order on the TikTok deal brokered to save the app's U.S. operations.

According to White House staff secretary Will Scharf, with the order, Trump is "bringing into effect the agreement that will save TikTok and ensure that it can operate safely and securely."

Trump said he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping and "he gave us the go-ahead."