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Zelensky wishes Trump a speedy recovery after assassination attempt

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Zelensky wishes Trump a speedy recovery after assassination attempt
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump is whisked away by Secret Service after shots rang out at a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he wished former U.S. President Donald Trump "a speedy recovery" following an assassination attempt at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.

Video footage from the rally shows shots ringing out, followed by Trump appearing to fall. The video appeared to show blood on his ear, and he was seen clutching his head.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the attack was an assassination attempt on Trump.

Trump was quickly surrounded by Secret Service agents and later taken to a medical facility, where he is  "doing fine," according to his spokesperson Steven Cheung.

Zelensky said on X that he was "appalled to learn about the shooting" and expressed his condolences to the relatives of the one spectator at the rally who was killed in the attack.

"Such violence has no justification and no place anywhere in the world," Zelensky said. "I wish America emerges stronger from this."

U.S. President Joe Biden wrote on X that he is "praying for him and his family and everyone who attended the rally."

The FBI identified the gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania. Crooks was killed by Secret Service agents.

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