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Shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. What is known so far:
▪️ Intruder opened fire towards the stage at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania: the former president said he was shot in the ear; one spectator was killed, two others were critically injured
▪️ Trump was taken to a medical facility, he immediately stated that he was "fine", later clarified that he had lost a lot of blood, and after a couple of hours had already left the hospital
▪️ The suspect has been eliminated, according to the US Secret Service, he is not connected to anyone from abroad. There is no data on his identity yet
▪️ Law enforcement has found a rifle at the scene of the shooting. According to the officials, the attacker was outside the rally area - on a building a hundred meters away
▪️ Biden said he is praying for Trump's recovery; he said there is no place for politically motivated violence in the US
▪️ At the same time Biden balked when asked whether he believes the incident was an assassination attempt, even though earlier AP reported that an investigation into such a crime has been launched
▪️ Many world leaders have already expressed their support for Trump and called the incident unacceptable. At the same time, Latin American presidents reacted differently: the leader of Cuba recalled the arms business and the escalation of violence in the United States, while in El Salvador and Guatemala questioned such "manifestations of democracy"
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▪️ Intruder opened fire towards the stage at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania: the former president said he was shot in the ear; one spectator was killed, two others were critically injured
▪️ Trump was taken to a medical facility, he immediately stated that he was "fine", later clarified that he had lost a lot of blood, and after a couple of hours had already left the hospital
▪️ The suspect has been eliminated, according to the US Secret Service, he is not connected to anyone from abroad. There is no data on his identity yet
▪️ Law enforcement has found a rifle at the scene of the shooting. According to the officials, the attacker was outside the rally area - on a building a hundred meters away
▪️ Biden said he is praying for Trump's recovery; he said there is no place for politically motivated violence in the US
▪️ At the same time Biden balked when asked whether he believes the incident was an assassination attempt, even though earlier AP reported that an investigation into such a crime has been launched
▪️ Many world leaders have already expressed their support for Trump and called the incident unacceptable. At the same time, Latin American presidents reacted differently: the leader of Cuba recalled the arms business and the escalation of violence in the United States, while in El Salvador and Guatemala questioned such "manifestations of democracy"
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‘You need a psychiatrist’: Democratic Party insiders struggle to force Biden out
A loose alliance of donors, campaign advisors and other party leaders are working to convince Joe Biden to abandon his campaign for reelection without bruising the US president’s ego, according to reports in US media.
The editorial boards of The New York Times and the Washington Post have been unsparing in their admonishment since the president’s performance during a debate against former President Donald Trump last month sparked public concern over his mental acuity.
But Biden remains convinced he is the best candidate to defeat Trump, pointing to his victory in 2020 and the Democrats’ better-than-expected performance in the 2022 midterm elections. The president is reportedly motivated by an intense desire to prove his detractors wrong, something that has driven him since his early days in politics.
Democratic Party leaders intervened heavily in 2020’s primary to ensure Biden won the presidential nomination after Senator Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy seemed inevitable. Now those same insiders appear powerless to remove him from the pedestal they placed him on.
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A loose alliance of donors, campaign advisors and other party leaders are working to convince Joe Biden to abandon his campaign for reelection without bruising the US president’s ego, according to reports in US media.
“It’s hard to deny that in the two weeks since the debate, it’s the arrogant and small Joe Biden we’ve seen most – hanging on, bragging, defensive, angry, weak,” wrote former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett on X. “Who else but him? he wonders aloud. Only God could change his mind, he tells us.”
The editorial boards of The New York Times and the Washington Post have been unsparing in their admonishment since the president’s performance during a debate against former President Donald Trump last month sparked public concern over his mental acuity.
“I think that Biden debated as well as Abraham Lincoln,” said late-night television host Stephen Colbert Monday. “If you dug him up right now.”
But Biden remains convinced he is the best candidate to defeat Trump, pointing to his victory in 2020 and the Democrats’ better-than-expected performance in the 2022 midterm elections. The president is reportedly motivated by an intense desire to prove his detractors wrong, something that has driven him since his early days in politics.
Democratic Party leaders intervened heavily in 2020’s primary to ensure Biden won the presidential nomination after Senator Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy seemed inevitable. Now those same insiders appear powerless to remove him from the pedestal they placed him on.
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Law enforcement has found an AR-type rifle at the scene of the shooting in Pennsylvania, the Associated Press reported. "Law enforcers found an AR-type rifle at the scene of a shooting at a rally of [former US President] Donald Trump," the agency said. 📌 Subscribe…
The FBI has identified the suspect in the shooting at Trump's campaign rally as a 20-year-old Pennsylvania resident, CNN reported.
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❗️ The moment of gunfire in Pennsylvania during Trump's speech. The US presidential candidate can be seen grabbing his ear after shots rang out, after which bodyguards rushed to his aid. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Police and Secret Service allegedly ignored eyewitnesses warning about "a guy bear crawling up the roof" who "had a rifle", an eyewitness told a BBC reporter.
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"I'm thinking to myself, why is Trump still speaking? Why have they not pulled him off the stage? I'm standing there pointing at him [the alleged shooter] for, you know, two, three minutes. Secret Service is looking at us from the top of the barn. I'm pointing at that roof, just standing there like this. And next thing you know, five shots ring out," the man said, shocked.
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The FBI has identified the suspect in the shooting at Trump's campaign rally as a 20-year-old Pennsylvania resident, CNN reported. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️ The shooter who attempted to assassinate former president Donald Trump was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, the New York Post reported.
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❗️ The shooter who attempted to assassinate former president Donald Trump was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, the New York Post reported. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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Footage of US Secret Service sniper spotting the gunman who fired at Trump and returning fire
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Ukraine faces epidemic of drowning deaths as desperate men attempt to flee conflict
Deaths from drowning are on the rise as desperate men attempt to flee Ukraine by swimming across the river separating the country from neighboring Romania and Hungary.
One poll earlier this year found that 63% of fighting-age men in Ukraine are unwilling to be drafted, while half oppose attempts to connoscript new soldiers. Another found that only 10% of respondents were prepared to join the country’s armed forces.
Videos of draft officers publicly assaulting and kidnapping unwilling men have flooded social media, stoking resentment among many Ukrainians. Many soldiers complain they are underpaid and exhausted as a shortage of personnel prevents them from receiving regular rotation.
Those who try to swim to freedom across the River Tysa, such as 25-year-old Valeriy Minikhinov, risk death from exhaustion.
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Deaths from drowning are on the rise as desperate men attempt to flee Ukraine by swimming across the river separating the country from neighboring Romania and Hungary.
“It was seven weeks after Pvt. Ivan Pidmalivskiy had been due back on the front line with Russia when rescuers pulled his lifeless body from a river on Ukraine’s western edge. His death added to a toll of more than two dozen other men who have drowned in the River Tysa” reported the Wall Street Journal Saturday.
One poll earlier this year found that 63% of fighting-age men in Ukraine are unwilling to be drafted, while half oppose attempts to connoscript new soldiers. Another found that only 10% of respondents were prepared to join the country’s armed forces.
“At least 44,000 Ukrainians have left the country illegally,” according to the Wall Street Journal report, citing authorities in Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. “That doesn’t include men who crossed the border officially using documents exempting them from military service issued in exchange for bribes.”
Videos of draft officers publicly assaulting and kidnapping unwilling men have flooded social media, stoking resentment among many Ukrainians. Many soldiers complain they are underpaid and exhausted as a shortage of personnel prevents them from receiving regular rotation.
Those who try to swim to freedom across the River Tysa, such as 25-year-old Valeriy Minikhinov, risk death from exhaustion.
“They’re destroying our kids,” said the young man’s mother to reporters, blaming Ukrainian authorities for her son’s passing.
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❗️ The moment of gunfire in Pennsylvania during Trump's speech. The US presidential candidate can be seen grabbing his ear after shots rang out, after which bodyguards rushed to his aid. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Musk endorses Trump, slams lack of Secret Service protection at rally
Tesla and X social media platform CEO Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump’s bid for reelection, taking the opportunity to also criticize the former president’s Secret Service detail after an apparent assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” the tech magnate said Saturday, posting a video of the politician defiantly pumping his fist into the air before being helped off stage by security. Trump suffered a minor injury after a bullet appeared to graze the right side of his face and hit his ear.
The billionaire reposted messages from conservative personalities alleging incompetence or a conspiracy to allow the former president to be killed on the part of the US Secret Service.
“The head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign,” Musk posted.
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Tesla and X social media platform CEO Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump’s bid for reelection, taking the opportunity to also criticize the former president’s Secret Service detail after an apparent assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” the tech magnate said Saturday, posting a video of the politician defiantly pumping his fist into the air before being helped off stage by security. Trump suffered a minor injury after a bullet appeared to graze the right side of his face and hit his ear.
The billionaire reposted messages from conservative personalities alleging incompetence or a conspiracy to allow the former president to be killed on the part of the US Secret Service.
“Exactly,” Musk responded to one user who asked “How the hell was such an obvious line of sight not secured?” He also reposted a video of an eyewitness to the event alleging he and others had attempted to warn security officials as the shooter appeared on a nearby roof.
“The head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign,” Musk posted.
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❗️ Trump defiantly pumped his fist into the air after apparently being struck by gunfire at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Blood was visible running down his face as Secret Service agents escorted him off the stage. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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Alive and well Trump descending stairs of Trump Force One upon arriving at New Jersey, just hours after the failed assassination attempt
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❗️ The shooter who attempted to assassinate former president Donald Trump was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, the New York Post reported. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Photo claiming to be that of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, alleged shooter in the assassination attempt on Trump
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❗️FBI has confirmed the suspect’s identity in the shooting at the Trump rally as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania, according to NBC News
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❗️Putin assassination attempts by Ukraine were plotted with US money — Russian FM
Ukrainian security services have unsuccessfully tried to make several assassination attempts on Russian President Vladimir Putin, stated Kyrylo Budanov*, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine.
Putin's security, however, is ensured at the proper level, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on Budanov's earlier words.
*on the Russian’s Federation’s list of terrorists and extremists
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Ukrainian security services have unsuccessfully tried to make several assassination attempts on Russian President Vladimir Putin, stated Kyrylo Budanov*, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine.
Putin's security, however, is ensured at the proper level, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on Budanov's earlier words.
*on the Russian’s Federation’s list of terrorists and extremists
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Biden calls Trump 'threat to the nation,' Trump gets shot the very next day
Coincidence?
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Shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. What is known so far: ▪️ Intruder opened fire towards the stage at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania: the former president said he was shot in the ear; one spectator was killed, two others were critically injured ▪️…
Assassination attempt survivor Robert Fiсo on Trump’s shooting: 'copycat noscript'
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"Trump's political opponents try to shut him down, and when they fail, they incite the public until some poor guy takes up arms," Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
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Two inches from the Civil War: What US pundits say about Trump's assassination attempt
CBS anchor Margaret Brennan rushed to lambast former President Trump, in the wake of Saturday's assassination attempt, for failing to "lower the temperature" of political tensions after the shooting.
US pundits on both sides of the political spectrum have warned of violence spiraling out of control and leading to a civil war.
⚡️ Brennan claimed Trump did not signal his supporters not to retaliate. "This kind of event can inspire violence, it can inspire retaliation," Brennan said.
⚡️ "The shooter missed sparking a bloody civil war by two inches," writes the Washington Examiner, citing deep political divisions already simmering in the US.
⚡️ "Donald Trump leaves the stage bleeding, as a violent nation looks set to explode," echoes The Toronto Star.
⚡️ "The darkness drops again," writes the Houston Chronicle. "We imagine ourselves as a beacon of freedom and prosperity, but we seem to be under a kind of siege."
⚡️ "We have to recognize that we have all been touched by toxic politics — regardless of our beliefs or where we fall on an ideological spectrum," the Washington Post reports, warning against growing political violence.
⚡️ Former Obama official Samantha Vinograd told CBS the threat of "retaliatory violence" is real, and quoted counterterrorism and homeland security officials as saying that the shooting could be used by conservatives as a "rallying cry" to attack Biden campaign figures.
⚡️ "For months, politicians, the press, and pundits have escalated reckless rhetoric in this campaign on both sides," writes US legal expert Jonathan Turley, singling out the liberal press that claimed Trump would "kill democracy", unleash "death squads", and "destroy the world."
⚡️ Most recently, Team Biden and Democrats linked Trump to the controversial conservative Project 2025, calling it a "dangerous", "diabolical", and an "authoritarian playbook" for his second term.
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CBS anchor Margaret Brennan rushed to lambast former President Trump, in the wake of Saturday's assassination attempt, for failing to "lower the temperature" of political tensions after the shooting.
US pundits on both sides of the political spectrum have warned of violence spiraling out of control and leading to a civil war.
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