Assassination attempt against Donald Trump: he speaks of a “miracle” and changes his speech

"Right now, it is more important than ever to stand together, and show our true character as Americans, to stay strong and ;finished, and not to allow evil to triumph" saidé Donald Trump, after escaping from prison &agrav; an assassination attempt on Saturday.

The essentials

• Donald Trump wasé touch&eac; by gunshot during a shooting on Saturday, as he began a meeting at the University of Chicago. Butler, Pennsylvania. Evacuated with a bloody face, he delivered a reassuring message about his state of health while questioning his safety.
• A suspect, killed&eac; in the exchange of fire, was killed. identified : Thomas Matthew Crooks, âgé 20 years old and originally from Pennsylvania. The FBI cited an "attempted assassination". Explosives were set off. found in his vehicle and a second "suspicious device" his home. The young man was a member of the Clairton Sportsman's Club, a precision shooting club.
• Rather used to it shock speeches and frontal attacks against the Democrats, Donald Trump delivered; a message of appeasement and unity nationally on its Truth Social network: “Right now, it is more important than ever to stand together, and show our true character as’ Americans, to remain strong and determined, and not allow evil to triumph.
• This Monday, Donald Trump participates à the Republican Party Convention Milwaukee, Wisconsin, où the Republicans must officially nominate him as their candidate for office. the presidential one facing Joe Biden. The perimeter is fenced. and his schedule remains secret.
• Donald Trump indicatedé have modified his speech that he will give this Thursday, during his inauguration as a Republican candidate. the next presidential election. After thinking about it &agrav; "a very tough speech, a very good speech, on the corrupt, horrible administration" he finally decided; to throw it away. He is preparing a new speech to "try to unite the country".

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King Charles III wrote a message to Donald Trump this Sunday after the assassination attempt targeting the former president of the United States. A message transmitted through the British embassy in Washington. The content of the message has not been revealed. New Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for his part, expressed “appallation”, arguing that “political violence in any form has no place in our societies”.

14:09 – Gunman spotted by witness ?

Was the shooter killed? glimpse before the assassination attempt ? This is in any case what a man says. the BBC. He would have repeated a man who was on a roof near Donald Trump. According to him, he would have given alerted him but the security services did nothing until the incident. the attack. "I wonderedé why they hadn't asked? &agrav; Trump to leave the stage he said.

According to information from the Reuters Agency, a member of the Proud Boys, an extremist and violent group that led to The pro-Trump assault on Congress on January 6, 2021 declared after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump: "We will be more active. It's as simple as ça". The group will notably be present at the Republican National Convention, this Monday at Milwaukee.

12:06 – 3.3 million euros raised for victims' families

< p>This Monday, the prize pool launched "in favor of supporters and families injured or killed during the brutal and horrible assassination attempt&quot ; de Butler, last Saturday, in agreement with Donald Trump's entourage, reaped 3.3 million euros. Several personalities did not hesitate to join. &agrav; give, as does the conservative lobby The Heritage foundation à height of 50,000 dollars.

11:42 – Joe Biden puts his campaign on standby

< p>According to information from the media ABC, Joe Biden has decided. to put his electoral campaign on pause after the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. The President's team withdrew campaign spots currently broadcast on the Internet. Joe Biden has also just canceled his trip to Texas planned to celebrate 60 years of the Civil Rights Act. Democratic collaborators have the obligation to "refrain from any comments on social networks or in public". 

According to several American media, including ABC News, the shooter was a member of a shooting club, the Clairton Sportsman's Club, south of Pittsburg. "The club was unable to make further comments on this matter at this time. in light of ongoing law enforcement investigations" explains the club in a press release Press. Elements that could explain Thomas Crooks' knowledge of precision shooting.

09:20 – Trump changes his speech, a radical shift to "unite the country"

This Thursday, Donald Trump should officially be inaugurated as the Republican candidate for the next presidential election against Democrat Joe Biden. A day that already occupies many people. the spirit of the former president of the United States, despite the turmoil caused by the recent assassination attempt. In the columns of the New York Post, he indicates having “preparedé a very tough speech, a very good speech, on the corrupt, horrible administration, but I threw it away. In preparation, a new speech to "try to unite our country", even if Trump perceives "people" as "very divided". For his part, his wife Melania Trump published a letter in which she invited Americans to take action. get up after the attack suffered by her husband: “Let's get together. Now. Enough to inspire Donald Trump for his speech ?

09:02 – 'Border Patrol saved me' life"

According to information from the New York Times, Donald Trump would have exchanged with Ronny Jackson, former White House physician about the progress of this facts, and a detail which perhaps would have saved him; the life. "This painting that I was looking through saved me’ the life. If I hadn't shot head to look at him, this bullet would have directly hit me. the head. This table is a screen on which a curve of illegal entries from the United States was displayed when the shooter fired, one of the pillars of the American billionaire's historic campaign. Sure enough, in the video of the attack, Trump turns his head slightly to the right, “the Border Patrol” re saved me life" Trump then explains.

08:50 – Trump's doctor éspeaks of a "miracle"

Still within the framework of the interview granted at the New York Post, Donald Trump mentioned his chances with the doctor at the hospital where he was sent. neat : "The hospital doctor said he had never seen anything like it, he called it of miracle" indicates the former president of the United States in the plane which takes him to Milwaukee.

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08:47 – After the explosives, a second "suspicious device" found at the shooter's home

If the shooter's motive remains unknown, the FBI indicatedé this Sunday that Thomas Matthew Crooks had usedé a weapon – a semi-automatic rifle – purchased; legally. "We are investigating this assassination attempt but also consider it "a potential act of domestic terrorism" explains agent Bobby Wells. During a search of the shooter's home, a second "suspicious device" was é found, after the first explosive devices found in his car.

08:37 – The shooter killedé of a bullet "between the two eyes" according to Trump

In the interview with the New York Post, Donald Trump claims that the author of the attack, Thomas Matthew Crooks wasé "shot with a single bullet between the two eyes (…) they did a fantastic job, it's surreal for all of us" he also declared. to congratulate the intervention of the Secret Service during this historic event.

08: 31 – The Republican convention will take place this Monday, Trump is already there. on site

This Monday, the Republican Party convention is being held where Donald Trump is to be officially sworn in as presidential candidate against Joe Biden. An event that is taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the former head of state is already there but his schedule will be kept secret. An event that is inevitably disrupted by the assassination attempt targeting the American billionaire. The service responsible for of the protection of high-ranking personalities has already declared to be “totally ready” for this event. Several perimeters of the city are completely fenced for the event.

08:25 – Biden calls Americans to lower the temperature

On Sunday, US President Joe Biden spoke out after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. He called on Americans to “lower the temperature.” Politics is not a “murderous battlefield” and “violence must not become normal,” he solemnly stated. From the Oval Office, the head of state also recalled that while the “stakes are high,” “passions are burning,” “however strong, our convictions must never descend into violence. There is no place in America for that kind of violence.” 

08:22 – “I should be dead” Trump's words about the miracle

"I shouldn't be here, I should be dead" saidé Donald Trump during an interview with the New York Post on his plane to Milwaukee, for the Republican Party convention which is being held this Monday and in which he should be invested by his bet for the next presidential election. Regarding the attack, he describes a very surreal experience. and believes that “many people” say it's the most iconic photo they've ever seen. They're right, I'm not dead. In general, you have to die to get an iconic photo. He also talks about the miracle of still being alive, “by luck or by God,” many people say it's thanks to him. this &agrav; God I'm still here" he concludes. 

Former American President Donald Trump, formerly President of the United States, aged 78, escaped this Saturday July 13, à an assassination attempt during a meeting Butler, Pennsylvania. Around 6 p.m. local time (midnight Paris time), the Republican candidate, who had just started his speech with one of his usual tirades on migrants, accusing Joe Biden of having left them massively entering the country, suddenly held his right ear as shown by television images. He then stooped down. behind his desk and immediately began to speak. plated on the ground by Secret Service agents. In the audience, cries of fear rang out, spectators threw themselves at each other. earth. After a few moments, Donald Trump got up, his hair disheveled and without his red cap, surrounded by by the agents. "Let me take my shoes", he was heard saying to them before his éevacuation.

During a press conference on Saturday evening, the FBI confirmed that that the shootings were indeed an “assassination attempt”. The shooter and a passerby were killed. You were killed and two spectators were killed. seriously injured, all adult men, according to police. 

With a bloody ear and blood on his face, Donald Trump was quickly attacked. escorté from the stage to the stage his car, raising his fist in the air several times in defiance, to the cheers of his supporters. "I'wasé touch&eac; by a bullet which pierced the top of my right ear,” he later said. Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform. "I immediately knew something was wrong because I heard a whistling, banging “fire, and I immediately felt the bullet tearing the skin,” he detailed. "It is incredible that such an act could take place in our country," Donald Trump in the hours that followed, one of his close associates pointing out the "rhetoric" Democrat.

The former president was arrested. seen getting off his plane unassisted, a few hours after escaping from his plane. &agrav; the assassination attempt, according to a video posted on social networks by his deputy communications director. Donald Trump, who underwent examinations & agrave; hospital as a precaution, plans to go Monday to the republican convention à Milwaukee (Wisconsin), which must lead à his inauguration as a Republican candidate for the American presidential election in November.

Unverified footage shows the body of the alleged assailant lying on the sloping roof. of a low building from where he fired, sparking terror and panic among onlookers. The FBI has identified the shooter was identified as "Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania,” cited&eac; by the television networks NBC and CBS. having seen the shooter before the shooting and having alerted him to Butler police who said having "responded & a number of activity reports suspicious", without giving further details.

The US Secret Service has confirmed in a press release that the alleged shooter had "shooté several gunshots towards the stage from an elevated position (located) outside the gathering" before being "neutralisé" by the agents.

The campaign for the American presidential election in November is now in turmoil, this assassination attempt having revived ; political tensions and conspiracy theories on social networks. This meeting à Butler, in Pennsylvania (northeast), was the last before the Republican convention which begins Monday at Milwaukee (Wisconsin), and at the end of which Donald Trump must be officially inaugurated as candidate of the Republican Party. the presidential one.

Democratic President Joe Biden, who must face Donald Trump, said he was relieved at the decision. to learn that his opponent is apparently in good health, while condemning “such violence”. Joe Biden spoke with Donald Trump, clarifiedé the White House. He rané a stay at his house on the beach in Delaware to return to his home country. Washington.