Former US President Donald Trump was whisked off stage by security service agents after gunshots were heard at a rally in Pennsylvania.
His team quickly confirmed he was doing fine. Shortly after, Trump said in a post on Truth Social that his ear was grazed by a bullet.
The FBI has taken over from the US Secret Service to investigate the case.
Hours after the attack, Trump thanked supporters for their “thoughts and prayers” and said it was important to remain “defiant in the face of wickedness.”
The failed assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump is a case of reaping what you sow, German lawmaker Roderich Kiesewetter told DW on Sunday.
“US society is quite polarized and Trump is harvesting what he seeded over the last years,” the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politician said.
Asked whether his comment was fair, Kiesewetter replied: “I don’t know whether it’s fair. It’s true and that’s a pity.”
Trump has been a deeply divisive figure for many years, he added.
Kiesewetter described a recent event he attended at the Washington-based Hudson Institute that highlighted concerns about how polarized United States society has become and how some politicians were now taking “more challenging positions” on policy issues than even Trump.
The German lawmaker said it would be “difficult” after the US presidential electioncampaign “to bring American society together.”
Political attacks are also on the rise in Germany. Kiesewetter was verbally and physically assaulted last month while campaigning for the European Parliament elections in southwestern Germany. He says it hasn’t changed how he interacts with voters.
“If the more mitigating voices are withdrawn, then the radical voices become even louder,” he told DW. “We must be decent and steadfast in defending our freedom of speech and the societal cohesion against these violent people.”
