Melania Trump calls husband's attacker 'monster' after shooting at rally | BBC News

Melania Trump has just reacted to what the FBI are treating as an assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump.

She said the gunman was a "monster", who saw her husband as "an inhuman political machine".

In a statement posted on X, she says her and their son Barron's lives "were on the brink of devastating change" when she saw "that violent bullet strike my husband".

She says she is thinking of her "fellow Americans", and thanks people across the "political divide" for their support.

One spectator was killed at the rally and two others were critically injured.

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[ianianianification]

"I really don't care do you?" Mel

[jackg]

Do you think she might be a little disappointed?

[southpaw]

She pissed that he missed, dont let her fool you

[mulville]

that's definitely not Melania's words And what thoughtful and caring husband is she referring to

[jbrax]

She's more mad she has to come out and make a statement, she hasn't been seen with Trump for like years now

[e]

Can all of our politicians stop acting like children? Remember the young are watching

[briantneary]

She didn't write that, nor read it aloud. Not sure how that could come from her, then

[tseurfi]

Political violence is absolutely unacceptable...

[polygonalmasonary]

Human side? Generous? Is she on something? 🙄🙄🙄🇬🇧🙏♥️🌈💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Not allowed to quote whatJB said about where he wanted to place DT?

[tommymorrison]

Well she knows all about monsters by now.

[janeaki]

Sweetie " I really don't care"

[davidlaing]

She will now refer to him as Donald Van Gogh.

[jaimeb]

YOUR WORDS: "I really don't care, do you?"

[johnreynolds]

Unconscionable that people are making light of what happened yesterday.

[Remcore]

Those are definitely not the words of Melania trump. The fabric of our gentle nation is tattered?😂

[tseurfi]

It is important to condemn hate and violence.

[johnashton]

Coming from a woman who speaks English as a second language.

[mujtabalokhandwala]

Worldwide a lot of people think this was a set up

[Native_soul]

Some general information and background on Donald Trump's shooter.

His name is Thomas Matthew Crooker, he is 20 years old; His birthday would have been in two months and he lives an hour away from the demonstration site. The gun was registered and licensed in the name of his father.

A highly accomplished scholar, he earned the National Mathematics and Science Initiative Star Award at Commencement of 2022.

Registered Republican, with his only voter participation being in the November 2022 state election, and although he is a registered Republican, he made a $15 donation to the Progressive Turnout Project, a Chicago-based democratic action committee, which, according to its own In other words, it works for the benefit of low-income classes, youth and the minorities.