Washington, Jan. 28 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected suggestions that the withdrawal of Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and several agents from Minneapolis represented a "pullback," instead portraying it as a routine adjustment and describing Bovino as "a pretty out-there kind of guy."

During a live interview with Fox News in Iowa, Trump said, "I don't think it's a pullback -- it's a little bit of a change." He likened the move to everyday management decisions, adding, "Everybody in this room that has a business, you know, you make little changes. You know Bovino is very good, but he's a pretty out-there kind of a guy, and in some cases, that's good, maybe it wasn't good here."

His remarks followed reports that Bov...