White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt denounced this Monday that those who “label” US President Donald Trump “a fascist” and “compare him to Hitler” are “feeding violence against him.” Washington has called a meeting this week to review security protocols after Saturday’s attempted attack during the annual International Correspondents’ Dinner. The attacker, identified as Cole Allen, who was subdued before reaching the room where Trump and other members of his administration were located, will appear this Monday before a federal judge, who will presumably accuse him of a series of charges including armed assault against a federal agent and the use of a firearm to commit a violent crime. Trump declared, in a television interview, that political violence “has always been” latent in his country, while warning of how “dangerous” he believes the “Democrats’ hate speech” is. Trump also assured that the perpetrator acted out of a deep “hatred” towards Christians.
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The White House denounces that those who “label Trump a fascist” from the Democratic Party and the media “fuel violence against him”
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt was not scheduled to give more press conferences before returning from her maternity leave, but this Monday she returned to the press room podium, just under 48 hours after an attacker tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and kill Donald Trump and as many members of his government as possible, according to investigators.
“No one in recent years has faced more bullets or more violence than President Trump. This political violence stems from a systemic demonization of him and his supporters by commentators. This constant, violent hate rhetoric, directed against President Trump day after day, for 11 years, has contributed to legitimizing this violence and has led us to this grim moment,” she said. “Those who consistently and falsely label the president—and slander him—as a fascist or a threat to democracy, comparing him to Hitler with the sole aim of gaining political advantage, are fueling this type of violence. The left’s cult of hatred against the president—and against all those who support him and work for him—has caused multiple people to be injured and even lose their lives. And it almost happened again this weekend, as can be seen from reading the manifesto,” Leavitt added.
The White House spokeswoman has called for an end to “the delusional lies and slanders against the president, his family, and his supporters” which, she said, “have led deranged people to believe outlandish things, and these are incited to commit acts of violence because of those words; this has to stop.”
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Melania Trump accuses Jimmy Kimmel of “spreading hate” and demands the cancellation of his show
The Trumps have it in for Jimmy Kimmel, the master of American humor who, last September, saw the government decide to cancel the broadcast of his national late-night show overnight. But now, however, it was not the president who lashed out at one of his greatest public enemies, but, to the surprise of many, the first lady, Melania Trump. And she has gone so far as to demand that his famous late-night show be canceled.
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The Hilton claims that security during the Correspondents’ Dinner was the responsibility of the Secret Service
A spokesperson for the Hilton hotel in Washington, where American Cole Allen attempted to attack President Donald Trump last Saturday, has stated that the US Secret Service organized the security measures for the annual International Correspondents’ Dinner, which the attacker infiltrated. “The hotel was operating under the strict security protocols” of the Secret Service, the spokesperson added. (Reuters)
The White House will review security protocols around Trump
White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has called a meeting this week to review security protocols around President Donald Trump, an official source told Reuters. Trump had to be evacuated this Saturday from the hotel where the annual International Correspondents’ Dinner was being held when an armed man breached Secret Service control and a shooting occurred. The attacker, identified as Cole Allen, was subdued before reaching the room where Trump and other members of his administration, such as Vice President JD Vance, were located. (Reuters)
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A guest continues eating during the shots at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Identified by The New York Times as Michael Glantz, the agent remained unfazed and continued eating while security secured the ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Washington.
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Bustinduy, on the attack: “It is a symptom of the deep social fracture in the US”
The Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, has interpreted the attempted attack against US President Donald Trump as “a symptom of the degradation of public life” and the “deep social fracture” that country is suffering.
Asked about it in an interview on TVE, Bustinduy noted that “worrying news” has been coming from the United States for months, with “an increase in political violence,” “errant economic decisions,” and illegal raids. “Everything that arrives is very worrying,” he insisted, summarizing that the attempted attack against Trump is “a symptom of a degradation of public life in a tense country, with very high rates of internal violence” and that it is “exercising political violence externally” with its attacks on other countries.
The minister also stressed that the various European far-right allies “have distanced themselves” from Trump, with the exception of Spain’s Vox, which “remains firmly aligned as a Trumpist branch.” (Efe)
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Washington attack on Trump forces review of security for King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit
The state visit of King Charles III of England and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, to the United States, which begins this Monday and will last four days, was planned many months ago, but Downing Street is clinging to it to calm the current tension between Donald Trump and Starmer, due to the latter’s refusal to participate in the military offensive against Iran. The trip is going ahead, despite the incident last Saturday night (early morning in Europe), when an armed man burst into the annual gala dinner of accredited political correspondents at the White House, with the intention of attacking members of the US Administration, including Trump himself, according to interim Attorney General Todd Blanche. In any case, Buckingham Palace explained, what happened has forced a review of the security measures planned for the visit.
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Is a new civil war possible in the United States?
The writer, Jeff Sharlet, author of The Hangover, spoke with EL PAÍS two days before the attack to explain that the US, polarized and full of weapons, has already begun a slow civil war.
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Suspect in attempted attack on Trump appears before a judge in Washington
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the attempted attack during the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, which President Donald Trump attended, appears this Monday in a federal court in the US capital to answer a series of charges that include armed assault against a federal agent and the use of a firearm to commit a violent crime.
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Trump says he was slow to be evacuated during the correspondents’ dinner attack because he “wanted to see what was happening”
When he survived an assassination attempt at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took five days to recount at the Republican National Convention what he had felt when a sniper’s bullet grazed his right ear. Saturday’s attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner cannot be compared to that; there were shots, but they were one floor above the Hilton hotel ballroom where Trump was. Nor in the time the president has taken to recount what he experienced when the Secret Service evacuated him after the 2,500 gala attendees heard the sound of bullets, just as he did.
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Trump assures that political violence “has always been” present in the US
US President Donald Trump stated this Sunday that political violence “has always been” latent in his country, while warning of how “dangerous” he believes the “Democrats’ hate speech” is today. “If we look back 20, 40, 100, 200 or 500 years, it has always been there. People are murdered. People get hurt,” the White House occupant said in an interview with CBS, in which he stated he was “not sure” that political violence is “greater now than before.” Immediately afterwards, the Republican leader wanted to warn of how “dangerous” he finds the “Democrats’ hate speech” for “the country,” claiming to find it “much more dangerous” than in past times.
In that same interview, the American magnate was questioned about the failed attack last night during the Correspondents’ Dinner, held in Washington, which forced the evacuation of Trump himself, as well as his wife and First Lady, Melania Trump, and his entire cabinet. Assuring that he “was not worried” because he understands “how life is,” the head of the US Executive advocated for the event to be held again “within 30 days,” stating that it will have “even more security and a wider security perimeter.” (Efe)
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Security failures, shots fired, and a suspect with many targets: reconstruction of the attack against Trump and his Government
At 8:36 PM on Saturday, as Donald Trump was preparing to speak for the first time at a traditional event he had declined to participate in up to four times, the sound of gunshots at a security checkpoint one floor above changed the evening’s script. At that moment, Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old Californian, entered the history of political violence in a country with more guns than citizens and which has seen four presidents die in office.
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What has happened in the last few hours
Good morning. We resume the live coverage after the attempted attack against US President Donald Trump. These are the latest developments in the last few hours:
Trump states that the shooter in Washington acted out of “hatred” for Christians. In a phone interview with Fox News, Trump described the attacker as a “very problematic guy” whose motives, according to the president, had a radical religious background.
Investigators believe the attacker was targeting Administration officials, including Trump. Interim US Attorney General Todd Blanche explained that investigators have gathered information from the suspect’s electronic devices and also interviewed several people from his circle.
White House spokeswoman on the shooting: “This political violence must end.” “What was supposed to be a fun night at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner (…) was cut short by a disturbed and depraved individual who attempted to assassinate the president and kill as many senior officials of his administration as possible,” said Karoline Leavitt.
International leaders condemn the attack and denounce climate of political violence. Among the first reactions, as expected given their friendship with the president, were those of Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who celebrated that the president was unharmed.
Trump demands acceleration of White House ballroom construction after gala dinner shooting. In a message posted on his social network, Truth Social, the president insisted that the incident justifies the need for a high-security space within the presidential residence’s perimeter.
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