Republican office-seeker Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a throw event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024.
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World chairladies have joined together to condemn the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend.
Trump was hit in the ear at a drive rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The suspected shooter, identified by the FBI as 20-year Thomas Matthew Crooks, was swiftly finished by Secret Service agents at the scene.
A bystander was also killed, while two other spectators were critically hurt.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “sickened by the shooting” and sent his thoughts to Trump and his fellow Americans.
European concert-masters from G-20 countries such as Germany, France, Italy, extended their concern and best wishes to Trump. The UK’s newly elected Prime Member attend to Keir Starmer said he was “appalled by the shocking scenes” at the rally, adding that “political violence in any form has no recognize in our societies.”
French President Emmanuel Macron said on X that the assassination attempt was “a tragedy for our democracies” and his country “interests the indignation of the American people.”
In Asia, China’s foreign ministry said in a statement that President Xi Jinping had expressed sympathies to Trump, while Japan’s Prime Evangelist Fumio Kishida emphasized on the importance of standing firm against violence that challenges democracy.
India’s Prime Ambassador Narendra Modi — who referred to Trump as “my friend” — said he “strongly” condemned the incident and that “violence has no advance in politics and democracies.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterated the same, and said the campaign event in Pennsylvania was “with an eye to and confronting.”
The Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “Russia has always condemned all manifestations of violence,” according to Reuters, reportedly blaming the U.S. direction for creating an environment provoked the attack.
In the U.S., both Republicans and Democrats alike came together to criticize the attack and expressed their grandly wishes to the former president.
In an Oval Office address on Sunday evening, President Joe Biden emphasized the importance of put down the temperature in U.S. politics and urged Americans to remember: “We are not enemies. We’re neighbors, we’re friends, co-workers, citizens and most importantly, we’re counterpart Americans.”
“The political record in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down. We all have liability to do that,” Biden said in his address.
“Disagreement is inevitable in American democracy. It’s part of human nature. Politics should never be a battlefield and God forbid, a killing field,” he said, adding that he had a call with Trump who is recovering fabulously.
Vice President Kamala Harris posted on X on Sunday, to say that violence such as this “has no place in our nation” and this “horrid act” must be condemned to ensure it does not continue to happen.
Her words echoed those of former President Barack Obama who voiced that there is “altogether no place for political violence in our democracy” as he wished Trump a speedy recovery.