World leaders came together at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday to condemn the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
Argentine President Javier Milley expressed his full support for Trump, calling him “the victim of a despicable assassination attempt.”
Milley also claimed the shooting was part of a left-wing plot to stop President Trump from being re-elected.
“The despair of the international left is not surprising, as they see a poisonous ideology gone defunct and are seeking to incite violence to destabilize democracies and seize power for themselves.” He wrote to X.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has had a rocky relationship with Trump, condemned the attack as “political violence.”
“I am disgusted by the shooting at former President Trump. Political violence has no place and I cannot emphasize enough. My thoughts go out to former President Trump, those who attended the event, and all Americans,” said Trudeau, who has a rocky relationship with Trump. I said it in X.
Sympathy for Trump also came from the southern US border, with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also sending a message. He called the attack “irrational and inhumane.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who previously described Trump as “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House”, said he and his wife were “shocked by this apparent attack”.
“I pray for his safety and speedy recovery,” Netanyahu said. I said it in X.
Trump was shot in the ear while speaking at a Butler campaign event.
Nearly 10 shots were fired and he was seen holding his hand over his right ear before Secret Service agents pinned him to the ground. Insiders told The Post that other members of the Secret Service’s counterterrorism unit “neutralized” the would-be assassin and killed him.
The source said Trump was in “fear for his life.”
US political leaders from both parties, including some who have clashed with Trump in the past, expressed disgust in the wake of the shooting.
Michael Cohen, who once worked as Trump’s fixer to help secure the first conviction of a president, condemned the violent attack that left one spectator dead and another seriously injured.
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“Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with someone’s political stance, this is not the solution!” Cohen, the key witness in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial, told The Washington Post.
Pro-Trump pollster John McLaughlin likened the close call to the assassination attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.
“It was a terrible flashback,” McLaughlin, who was 25 at the time and a Reagan supporter, told The Washington Post.
“Don’t take anything for granted,” the pollster said.
Like Reagan, Trump let the crowd know he had survived the initial attack. A bleeding 2024 presidential candidate pumped his fist into the cheering crowd before being shoved into an SUV.
“Reagan got shot. He survived and he did well. He was re-elected by a landslide,” McLaughlin continued.
“I hope my boss is a good guy and we move on from here.”
Dozens of Democrats, particularly those who have spoken out against Trump in the past, offered condolences to the injured politician on Saturday.
Former President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries all condemned the attack, with Jeffries describing the shooting as “political violence.”
