Politics Biden announces speech to nation and calls for cohesion

Following the assassination attempt on his political opponent Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden wants to address the nation and call on the deeply divided country to stand together. "We must stand together as one nation," said Biden at the White House and announced that he would address the citizens in an official speech from the Oval Office on Sunday evening (Monday night). Such speeches from the President's office at the center of government are reserved for moments of crisis and major turning points in the country. This is exactly what the United States is dealing with at the moment.

Biden once again strongly condemned the shooting of former President and current Republican presidential candidate Trump, who was wounded in the ear. He said the attack was contrary to everything the United States stands for. "This is not America, and we cannot allow this to happen," he warned during a brief appearance at the White House. There will always be debates and differences of opinion, but the country must never lose sight of what it stands for. "Unity is the hardest goal to achieve, but nothing is more important than that right now," Biden warned.

A gunman opened fire on the 78-year-old at a Trump campaign speech in the state of Pennsylvania on Saturday, wounding him in the ear. The perpetrator, a 20-year-old man from the region according to the FBI, was killed by security forces. During his attack, he killed a firefighter and family man who was a spectator at the event. Two other participants were seriously injured.

Great horror worldwide

Biden condemned the attack shortly after it happened. There is great horror worldwide and fears of a political spiral of violence in the USA in the middle of the election campaign. The Republican Trump wants to challenge the Democratic incumbent Biden in the presidential election on November 5. Several high-ranking representatives of both parties in the USA condemned the attack.

There is no information on the attacker's motive. Many questions remain unanswered. According to media reports, investigators found bomb-making materials on the perpetrator. There was also talk of explosive devices. This information has not yet been officially confirmed.

Question about omissions

In the coming weeks and months, a detailed investigation into the attack in the middle of the election campaign can be expected. This is likely to include an investigation into whether there were failures to protect Trump and the event.

The political mood in the United States has been heated for years. At the beginning of the year, the US Department of Justice lamented a "deeply troubling increase in threats" against public officials and democratic institutions in the country.