First Lady Jill Biden reportedly spoke with former first lady Melania Trump following Saturday’s assassination attempt at former President Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Details of their conversation, first reported by NBC News, were not immediately available Monday.
The White House, the Office of the First Lady of the United States, a spokesperson for Melania Trump and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News’ requests for comment.
“When I watched those vicious bullets strike my husband, Donald, I realized that my life and Barron’s were on the brink of devastating change,” Melania Trump said in a statement Sunday. “I am grateful to the brave Secret Service and law enforcement officers who risked their lives to protect my husband.”
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First Lady Jill Biden (left) reportedly spoke by phone with former first lady Melania Trump following Saturday’s shooting. (AP/Susan Walsh/Alon Skye/Getty Images)
A White House spokesman told Fox News that President Biden spoke with the former president on Saturday night after the shooting.
The former president appeared in court with a wounded ear and blood running down his face after the shooting. He was released from Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh late Saturday night.
Later, in an interview with the New York Post, former President Trump said his call with Biden “went well” and was “very nice.”
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On July 13, 2024, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump was photographed being escorted off stage at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, with blood running down his face and surrounded by Secret Service agents. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
Addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night, President Biden said the assassination attempt on former President Trump has forced Americans to “take a step back” and called on all sides to “de-escalate the political situation.”
“My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak to you about the need to de-escalate political tensions,” Biden said. “We may disagree, but we are not enemies. We are neighbors, friends, colleagues, fellow citizens, and above all, we are fellow Americans. And we must come together.”
President Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sunday, July 14, 2024, regarding the attempted assassination of former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (Erin Shaff/The New York Times, Pool via The Associated Press)
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He added: “This incident is a call for all of us to take a step back and reflect on where we are.”
