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us media broke the news: biden had a "friendly" call with trump after the "assassination attempt"

2024-09-17

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[global times report] the us "newsweek" quoted a white house official as saying that after former us president trump encountered an "assassination attempt", us president biden and trump had a "friendly" call on the 16th local time.

the report said an email citing a white house official said, "president biden just spoke with former president trump on the phone and conveyed his relief that trump is safe and sound. the two had a friendly conversation and trump thanked him for the call."

the u.s. capitol hill newspaper, which also reported the incident, mentioned that trump responded in a statement, "we had a very pleasant call and discussed the issue of secret service protection."

according to xinhua news agency, trump encountered an assassination attempt while playing golf in florida on the 15th. the us secret service said at a press conference that afternoon that the incident occurred near the trump national golf club at 13:30 local time when trump was playing golf. secret service personnel immediately opened fire to stop the suspect after they found him pointing a gun at trump from the fence of the golf course. the suspect then drove away and was arrested later in the neighboring martin county. no one was injured in the incident. trump himself also said, "i am safe and fine!" the suspect has been detained.