The police have released a video of the arrest of Trump’s alleged attacker. Trump accuses Biden and Harris after the attempted attack. All information in the news blog.
8.10 p.m.: The Martin County Sheriff’s Office has released a video of the arrest of Ryan Routh. The images show police handcuffing the alleged attacker of Donald Trump. Routh is wearing a pink T-shirt that he has pulled over the back of his head, revealing his stomach and face.
19:03: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump blames US President Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for the alleged assassination attempt on him. “He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted accordingly,” Trump told Fox News Digital about the suspect. “Their rhetoric is leading to me being shot at, even though I’m the one who’s going to save the country, and they’re the ones destroying the country.”
Immediately after the incident, Biden and Harris stressed that there was no place for violence in the USA. The Democrats accuse Trump and his supporters of overheated rhetoric. They are particularly critical of the ex-president’s aggressive language, which they see as a breeding ground for extremist acts. Trump, in turn, described the Democrats to Fox News Digital as “enemies within” and called them “the real threat”. Read more about Trump’s statements here.
7pm: There has been another assassination attempt on Donald Trump in the middle of the US election campaign. The mood in the USA is becoming increasingly explosive – with unforeseeable consequences. Read more about hatred in the USA here.
18:59: After the assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday in Florida, more and more details about the course of events are coming to light. The man, who is said to be 58-year-old Ryan Routh, did not fire a shot himself. This was what the sheriff of Palm Beach County, Ric Bradshaw, told the US broadcaster Fox News when asked. Read more about it here.
5.44pm: The potential Trump assassin was known as a colorful character in Ukraine. The German Chris Lutz met him there in 2022. Now Lutz tells us about his impressions. Read more here.
16:53: After a hate message from Donald Trump against pop singer Taylor Swift, her fans spontaneously collected more than $40,000 in donations for the election campaign of Trump’s opponent Kamala Harris. “When we saw the post, we immediately knew this was an opportunity,” said a statement released on Monday by the campaign group “Swifties for Kamala.”
They immediately became active online with text responses and called for further donations. “Swifties know that haters will hate,” the statement continues. Republican presidential candidate Trump wrote on Sunday on his online platform Truth Social: “I hate Taylor Swift.” He did not add anything else to his message, which was written in capital letters.
