Uproar over wording
“Taking aim at Trump”: Biden apologizes
US President Joe Biden remains committed to becoming the Democratic presidential candidate. When asked whether anything had changed in his plans in recent days, the 81-year-old replied with a firm "no" in a television interview on NBC News on Monday evening. But he also admitted he had made a mistake.
According to a Politico report, a few days before the assassination attempt on Trump, Biden had said in a private phone call with donors that it was time to put Trump in the "bullseye". Biden apologized for this formulation.
Critics: Biden stirred up sentiment against Trump
He described it as a mistake that he had used the term "bullseye". Several critics have accused Biden of inflaming the mood against Trump with his choice of words.
It is unclear to Biden how the attempted attack on Trump will influence the course of the presidential election in November. In an interview with NBC, the US president said he was unsure about the impact of Saturday's assassination attempt. "I don't know, and neither do you."
Attacks on Trump's running mate
Immediately after the official nomination of the Republican vice presidential candidate, Biden's campaign team took aim at J.D. Vance, portraying him as a spineless stooge. Vance would implement Trump's "extreme" political plans "regardless of the harm to the American people", they said.
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