World leaders condemn ‘political violence’ at Trump rally: ‘Can’t take anything for granted’
World leaders united Saturday to condemn the attempt on ex-President Trump’s life during a rally in Pennsylvania.
Argentina’s president Javier Milei threw his full support behind Trump, who he called the “victim of a COWARDLY assassination attempt.”
Milei also claimed that the shooting was part of a leftist agenda to keep Trump from securing another presidential term.
“The desperation of the international left is not surprising, as today it sees its harmful ideology expire, and is willing to destabilize democracies and promote violence to screw itself into power,” he wrote on X.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had a rocky relationship with Trump, slammed the attack as “political violence.”
“I’m sickened by the shooting at former President Trump. It cannot be overstated — political violence is never acceptable. My thoughts are with former President Trump, those at the event, and all Americans,” said Trudeau, who has had a rocky relationship with Trump, said on X.
Sympathy for Trump also poured in from the US’s southern border, with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador calling the attack “irrational and inhuman.”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who once described Trump as “the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House” — said he and his wife were “shocked by the apparent attack.”
“We pray for his safety and speedy recovery,” Netanyahu said on X.
Trump was hit in the ear by a bullet in the midst of giving remarks at a campaign stop in Butler.
He was seen raising his hand to his right ear as nearly ten rounds of gunfire erupted before he was tackled to the ground by Secret Service agents. Other members of the service’s counter-terrorism unit “neutralized” the would-be assassin, killing them, insiders told The Post.
Sources said Trump came within “inches of his life.”
American political leaders from both sides of the aisle — including those who butted heads with Trump in the past — expressed their disgust in the wake of the shooting.
Michael Cohen, a one-time fixer for Trump who helped prosecutors secure the first-ever presidential conviction, criticized the extreme violence that left one audience member dead and another seriously injured.
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“Whether you agree or disagree with someone’s political position, THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION!” Cohen, a star witness in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial, told The Post.
Trump pollster John McLaughlin compared the near-miss to the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan.
“It was a bad flashback,” McLaughlin, who was a 25-year-old Reagan backer then, told The Post.
“You can’t take anything for granted,” the pollster said.
Like Reagan, Trump offered a signal to the audience that he had survived the initial assault. The bleeding 2024 presidential hopeful raised a fist to a cheering crowd before he was pushed into an SUV.
“Reagan was shot. He survived and did well. He won re-election in a landslide,” McLaughlin continued.
“We pray that the boss is good and we go on from here.”
Dozens of Democrats — particularly those who have been outspoken against Trump in the past — offered their condolences for the injured politician Saturday.
Former President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries were among those who condemned the attack, the latter of who described the shooting as “political violence.”
