World leaders condemn attempted assassination of Donald Trump

Reaction regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is pouring in from across the world. Both allies and rivals of Trump condemned the attack on Saturday, July 13.

On Sunday, July 14, President Joe Biden addressed the U.S. from the Oval Office, saying the country needs to turn down the temperature.

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“Thankfully, former [President] Trump is not seriously injured,” he said. “I spoke with him last night and I’m grateful he’s doing well. Jill and I keep him and his family in our prayers.”

Biden also said he sent his prayers to the man killed, Corey Comperatore. He was a father of two who died shielding his family from the bullets.

“I am appalled by the shocking scenes at President Trump’s rally and we send him and his family our best wishes,” The United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, wrote on X. “Political violence in any form has no place in our societies and my thoughts are with all the victims of this attack.”

In a post to X, French President Emmanuel Macron said he is sending wishes to the former president for a speedy recovery.

“My thoughts are with President Donald Trump, the victim of an assassination attempt,” Macron wrote. “I send him my wishes for a speedy recovery. A spectator has died, several are injured. It is a tragedy for our democracies.”

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is relieved Trump is now safe and that this kind of violence “has no justification and no place anywhere in the world.”

“President Xi Jinping has expressed sympathies to former President Trump for the shooting incident,” China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement onSunday. “We wish Mr. Trump and all the injured a speedy recovery.”

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol also condemned the shooting Sunday.

“I am appalled by the hideous act of political violence. I wish former President Trump a speedy recovery,” Yoon wrote on X. “The people of Korea stand in solidarity with the people of America.”

India’s Prime Minister Modi said he is deeply concerned by the attack on his “friend, former President Donald Trump.” He said he strongly condemns the incident.

“Violence has no place in politics and democracies,” Modi wrote.

In Russia, the Kremlin said Moscow does not believe the shooting was orchestrated by the Biden administration but that “the atmosphere created around Trump provoked the attack.” The Kremlin also added that President Vladmir Putin does not plan on calling Trump.

Putin has been widely accused and condemned for numerous political rivals being assassinated or jailed under his watch. In February, Alexei Navalny, a top political opponent who had survived previous poisoning attacks, died in a Russian jail.

The attempted assassination of former President Trump remains under investigation.