Donald Trump has reacted to the news of Christa Pike’s two failed execution attempts, calling the situation ‘interesting’.US inmate Pike, who received the death penalty for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, is reported to be in a critical condition after the state of Tennessee failed twice to administer her with the lethal injection.Asked about the news by White House reporters and whether or not he would push for reforms to capital punishment, the US leader said: “Well, that was an interesting situation, but you’re going to have to speak to Tennessee about it, whether or not they’re going to go forward.“You know what that was about. That was an execution where the medication didn’t exactly work.”

President Trump then turned to Ronny Jackson, a Republican congressman and former physician, asking him for more clarification on what happened, to which Jackson replied: “I don’t know how that happens. It should be easy to do.””It shouldn’t be very difficult,” Trump added.Three decades after receiving the death sentence, the state of Tenneessee attempted to carry out Pike’s execution on Wednesday, 30 Septemner. The 50-year-old was strapped to a gurney in the execution room where reporters and witnesses were watching on from an adjacent room.Prison staff then attempted to administer the life-ending drugs to Pike, failing to do so twice before she was hospitalised.Attorneys for Pike have since stated that she remains in a ‘critical condition’, with one medical expert warning that she may have suffered brain damage from the failed attempts.