The Tumult of Biden’s Presidency
TimeJUL 14 2024
In an interview with NBC News on Monday, US Pres. Joe Biden said it was a "mistake" to say that former Pres. Donald Trump should be put "in a bull's-eye" after the Republican nominee narrowly survived an assassination attempt over the weekend.
Biden made the remark in a private call with donors the Monday before the shooting. It became public after Politico acquired a recording of the call and reported its contents.
Speaking with NBC's Lester Holt, Biden said "it was a mistake to use the word," adding that what he meant was that the focus should be placed on Trump's policies and the lies he told during the pair's televized debate.
For years, Democrats, with their Trump Derangement Syndrome, failed to accept Trump's presidency and continually framed him as a monster, fascist and a threat to American democracy. There's no doubt they bear the blame for creating the environment in which such an assassination attempt could take place.
If anyone is responsible for creating an environment of violence in American politics, no one is more responsible than Trump. Be it his anti-immigrant rhetoric, his failure to condemn hate crimes or the fact that he failed to accept he had lost the election, encouraging supporters to storm the Capitol building, there's a long list items in which he is the one stoking divisions.