World readers have roundly condemned the assassination try on former President Trump.
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Leaders from around the globe are denouncing the tried assassination in opposition to former President Trump. NPR’s worldwide affairs correspondent Jackie Northam studies.
JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: Nicely needs from U.S. allies and adversaries have poured in for Trump. State media in China reported President Xi Jinping expressed his sympathies to Trump. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, stated he was involved by what he referred to as – the assault on my good friend. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israelis had been praying for Trump’s speedy restoration and that this was extra than simply an assault on the previous president.
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PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: This was an assault on America. It was an assault on democracy. It was an assault on all of the democracies.
NORTHAM: Many world leaders expressed concern about growing political violence. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer stated it has no place in our societies. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated it is by no means acceptable. And Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated violence is irrational and inhumane. Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, stated individuals ought to be capable of freely categorical their views and debate their disagreements peacefully.
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PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE: We should decrease temperature of debate. There may be nothing to be served by a few of the escalation of rhetoric that we see in a few of our political discourse.
NORTHAM: Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, stated Russia blamed the Biden administration for creating an environment that allowed the assault to occur. He stated Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to name Trump. In Africa, George Charamba, a Zimbabwean authorities official, warned that People should, quote, “cease behaving like barbarians from an historic civilization.” And in an ironic jab at a standard response by Western international locations to political violence in Africa, Somalia’s former overseas minister, Abdisaid Muse Ali, referred to as for African observers to observe the U.S. elections in November. Jackie Northam, NPR Information.
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