Donald Trump was shot once, but the Secret Service prevented a second assassination attempt on him. At his first campaign appearance afterward, Trump explained the assassination attempts.
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has made his first campaign appearance since the alleged assassination attempt on him. In a speech in the city of Flint in the state of Michigan on Tuesday, he made a connection between Sunday’s incident on his golf course in Florida and his demand for high tariffs on car imports from Mexico and China. “And then you wonder why I’m being shot at?” Trump said. “Only important presidents are shot at.”
Trump presented himself as a defender of the US auto industry. If he does not win the election on November 5, “there will be no more jobs in the auto industry,” said the 78-year-old. Flint was once a central location for the industry before numerous factories had to close.
Trump and Democratic candidate Harris are in a neck-and-neck race for the White House. Harris called her rival on Tuesday and expressed her relief at the mild outcome of the alleged assassination attempt. Harris and Trump had a “cordial and brief” phone call, the White House said.
Harris spoke to Trump
Harris said at an appearance in Pennsylvania that she wanted to hear if Trump was OK. “And I told him what I’ve said publicly: There is no place for political violence in our country,” Harris said in an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).
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Like Michigan, Pennsylvania is one of the so-called swing states that are particularly contested in the November election. Polls predict an extremely close outcome. After the assassination attempt, Trump accused Harris and President Joe Biden of inciting violence against him with their choice of words. The right-wing populist is known for inflaming the political climate with polemical statements.
Waiting for Donald Trump with a gun
Biden and Harris had already expressed relief on Sunday that Trump was unharmed in the incident. A man armed with a rifle was arrested in Florida. According to investigators, he was a few hundred meters away from the ex-president. The man did not fire a shot. Investigators suspect an “attempted assassination.”
Source: Stern
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