US President Biden addresses nation after Trump rally shooting | BBC News

US President Biden has addressed the nation after what the FBI are treating as an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were briefed in the situation room by the Homeland Security team and the FBI director.

The president said the FBI is leading the investigation, which is in its early stages.

He said there is still no information about the motive of the shooter.

"I urge everyone, please, don't make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations," Biden said.

"Let the FBI do their job and their partner agencies do their job."

"I've instructed that this investigation be thorough and swift and the investigators will have every resource they need to get this done," he added.

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[Liberty]

A 20-year-old. This is what you get when you indoctrinate and not educate kids, and it does not matter from what side the indoctrination comes from.

[JorntWagenaar]

Christ half this comment section is bots...

[witcheshour]

A huge danger in today's world is ppl believing what media and social media tells them

[souravjaiswal-jrbj]

Corey Comperatore died protecting his daughter and wife. His last post on X was a reply to 'How will you spend your weekend, he said Trump rally'. Eerie

[thedefendertheboston]

Shame on "the" media", Did you not advocated this? You have blood on your hands! Shame on you! Thank you Robert De Niro, Whoopie, Sunny, you did call for this?

[ryant]

Biden just a week ago "It's time we put Trump in a Bullseye"...The evil rhetoric towards others in media, politics and Hollywood needs to stop. I always thought it was vile and disgusting no matter who it was towards.. There is no need for that, we're supposed to be better than that. We took a huge step backwards as a society with this. its shameful

[paulwilson]

I have to admit, Biden sounded pretty competent in this speech. Very on point, not slurring or stumbling. He was not slow.

[richard]

I am shocked at how uncharacteristically well spoken Biden is for this address.

[captainbuggernut]

Divisive politics. Is anyone surprised by this?

[TasneemAhmedKhanDurrani]

" most unites one Nation " exactly 💯. Truthful.

[PhillMac]

This is the same guy who denies Secret Service protection for the most vulnerable presidential candidate in decades: RFK Jr. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[bugz]

2:10 talking about ensuring safety, was only a couple weeks ago he petitioned to remove security...

[Dan-dijd]

He pushed this narrative for years. Now he sees the result of it and suddenly he’s all like no, no.

[Thewallabie]

I'm 20 years old to. living in America seen death at school & high school because of shootings😢

[maxitosh]

On the contrary, it’s very American…alas. And now it’s becoming very UK too :-(

[FordFlatSix]

What happened to, “Trump was the end of American democracy?” This is new direction for Joe means that the USA was never a democracy.

[marcostrydom]

you should protect biden as well .please be safe.

[NoWindNoSunNoPower]

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

[THEOneAndOnlyDOCTORofHUMANICS]

What do you mean the USA is against assassinations, can you be more specific with these double-standards please...After all, you are ON THE NEWS right now!!!
Is it OK if I make assumptions about how the FBI will be doing their own jobs then?!?
Professor-Marty.

[loraliehursman]

I'm so Proud of My POTUS Joe Biden, he's level headed, kind, Strong, sensible, intelligent, knowledgeable and the best Man for the Job of running Our Country.🏆👏♥️