Leaders have united to condemn the attack on the former president
The former US president was shot at while giving a speech at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.said: “I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realised then what was happening.”
In an address to the nation, he said: “The Trump rally should have been able to be conducted peacefully without violence. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot condone this.” I am appalled by the shocking scenes at President Trump's rally and we send him and his family our best wishes. “We do not at all think or believe that the attempt to eliminate presidential candidate Trump was organised by the current government, but the atmosphere that this administration created during the political struggle, the atmosphere around candidate Trump provoked what America is faced with today,” the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, added.
In Germany the Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said the attack was “despicable” and added: “I wish him a speedy recovery. My thoughts are also with all of those who were affected by the attack. Such acts of violence threaten democracy.”, compared the two attacks in a social media post. He condemned the shooting of Trump and claimed that it was the result of “political opponents” of his trying to “shut Trump up”.
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, had extended his sympathies to Trump and China was concerned about the attack, according to a statement from China’s Foreign Ministry.
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