15th July 2023, NewsOrient, Politics, Governance And Development, News

US President Joe Biden on Sunday sought to calm a divided United States of America after his political rival Donald, former President Donald Trump survived an assassination bid, when he said “it was time to lower the temperature of America’s hostile politics.”

“It’s time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that,” Biden said in a televised address following the attack in which Republican Trump was injured in the ear and a bystander was killed by gunfire.

As the country reeled from images of a bloodied Trump waving his fist after the gunman opened fire at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Biden added that US politics “must never be a literal battlefield, God forbid a killing field.”

The 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot dead by Secret Service agents amid scenes of chaos.

Authorities say his motive remains unclear.

The FBI said it was investigating the attack as a potential act of domestic terrorism and studying Crooks’s phone to discover any “ideologies” he may have had.

Photo/Credit: NBC News

~ NewsOrient