FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and the Secret Service are under intense scrutiny following the assassination attempt on Trump. People across the political spectrum are wondering how a gunman could get so close to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee when he was supposed to be carefully guarded. Cheatle has talked about how the Secret Service has a “zero fail mission.” (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has extended his well wishes to former United States President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.
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“It is with great relief that we receive the news that former President Donald Trump is fine and well after the attempt to assassinate him. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family,” Marcos wrote on X account (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.
It is with great relief that we receive the news that former President Donald Trump is fine and well after the attempt to assasinate him. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
Together with all democracy loving peoples around the world, we condemn all forms of…
— Bongbong Marcos (@bongbongmarcos) July 14, 2024
“Together with all democracy-loving peoples around the world, we condemn all forms of political violence. The voice of the people must always remain supreme,” he added.
According to media reports, the 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood streaked across his face after the shooting, while the gunman and a bystander were killed and two spectators were critically injured.
US President Joe Biden said the attack was “sick,” adding that “no place in America for this kind of violence.”
Biden is set to face Trump in the election this November.