Donald Trump, thinking about the Middle East after the attack on the White House: “This will not make me give up on winning the war in Iran”
American President Donald Trump assured, on Saturday evening, that the shots fired at the press gala in Washington will not make him give up the war against Iran, even if he believes that the incident has nothing to do with the international crisis.
Donald Trump, at the correspondents' dinner PHOTO: X
“That won't make me give up on winning the war in Iran“, said the American president.
“I don't know if it had anything to do with it, but based on the information we have, I don't think so“, he estimated, writes News.
He added that investigators are investigating the motives of the alleged shooter, who was arrested and described as a “lone wolf.”
The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner was abruptly interrupted by loud explosions Saturday evening in Washington.
The approximately 2,600 guests, as well as Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, were sheltered. The president and his wife were urgently evacuated by secret agents after a man opened fire. According to the authorities, he was staying at the Washington Hilton hotel, where the event took place on Saturday night.
The alleged attacker “was armed with a hunting rifle, a pistol and several knives” when to “stormed” on a secret service checkpoint.
According to CNN, his name is Cole Thomas Allen and he is 31 years old. He is from California.
He will appear in court on Monday and will be charged with two counts: use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime and assaulting a federal agent with a dangerous weapon, said the US capital's prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro.
