After the terror, the call for calm from the head of the nation. American President Joe Biden called, on Sunday July 14, to “lower the temperature” after the assassination attempt targeting his Republican opponent Donald Trump, saying that politics is not a “Deadly battlefield”. “Violence must not become something normal”the Democrat said in remarks from the Oval Office of the White House.“The higher the stakes, the hotter the passions.“, added the American president. “However strong our convictions may be, they must never descend into violence,” he continued. Follow the developments of the situation in our live feed.
Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee. The former President of the United States is in Wisconsin (northeast of the country), for the convention of the Republicans who must officially induct him as their presidential candidate, the day after the assassination attempt targeting him. The convention is held in Wisconsin from July 15 to 18.
The assassination attempter acted alone. The American federal police, the FBI, specified on Sunday evening that investigators had not yet “not identified” ideological affiliation for the shooter. The FBI also indicated that it was considering the possibility of a “potential act of domestic terrorism” and specified that the weapon used, a semi-automatic rifle, had been “purchased legally”.
After the shock, calls for unity. Joe Biden and Donald Trump each called on Americans to unite on Sunday, the day after the assassination attempt against the former Republican president. “At this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand united,” said the former president.