Assassination attempt against Donald Trump, live

Melania Trump has blamed the “political machine” that is Donald Trump for the attack on her, saying it has dehumanised the former president and the “monster” who shot her.

“A monster who saw my husband as an inhuman political machine sought to eliminate Donald’s passions: his laughter, his wit, his love of music and his inspiration. The central aspects of my husband’s life — his human side — were crushed under the machine of politics,” she wrote.

Melania Trump has revealed she realised her life and that of her youngest son Barron were “at the brink of ending” during the attack Undergoing a devastating change“, if the bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks had killed her husband.

Trump declared himself “grateful to the brave Secret Service agents and law enforcement officers who risked their lives” and offered his condolences to the families of those killed and the two injured during the shooting.

“We must not forget that there are differences in ideas, policies and political games They are less valuable than love.our personal, structural and life commitment – even death – is in grave danger,” he concluded. Europa Press