In Oval Office, Biden urges Americans ‘to take a step back’ after Trump assassination attempt

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 14, 2024, about the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 14, 2024, about the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden uses the formal setting of the White House Oval Office to stress the need for divided Americans to come together after a would-be assassin wounded Republican rival Donald Trump.

Trump’s shooting “calls on all of us to take a step back,” Biden says. Thankfully Trump was not seriously injured, he says.

It’s Biden’s third use of the formal setting of the Oval Office to comment on issues of major importance to Americans since he took power in 2021.

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