The revelation of a pro-Trump group's broadcast of a parody video showing the US president shooting at journalists and political opponents sparked a wave of indignant outrage across the United States.
Always very attentive to the news and always very present on Twitter, the billionaire Republican had not personally reacted Monday in the middle of the day.
His spokesperson, Stephanie Grisham, said he had not seen the video yet but, based on everything he heard, condemned it "firmly".
Beyond the violence of these images, the verbal attacks of the White House tenant on journalists, regularly called "enemies of the people", give this incident a particular relief.
In July 2017, Mr. Trump had himself tweeted a video staging an assault on journalists, even though it was infinitely less violent.We saw the former businessman in New York, in a suit and tie, on the edge of a wrestling ring, beating a man whose face had been replaced by the CNN logo.
"Donald Trump uses his Twitter account to incite hatred and violence and threatens those who demand accountability," indignant Kamala Harris, a Democratic candidate for Donald Trump in the presidential election. November 2020.
"So is it a surprise that this kind of (videos) pop up? No. Trump puts lives at stake with his dangerous behavior."
The video, which was shown at a conference at a Trump Golf Club in Miami was revealed by the New York Times, is extremely violent.
According to the organizer of the event, titled "American Priority", the clip was shown as part of an "exhibition on internet memes." American Priority rejects any political violence and seeks to promote a healthy dialogue about protection free expression, "said Alex Phillips.
In a scene from the movie "Kingsman: Secret Service", a British spy comedy of 2015, a man whose face is superimposed on the face of the US president opens fire on people whose faces have been replaced by media logos. like CNN, the Washington Post or NBC.
The rampage of violence continues in a "fake news church" where the character representing Mr. Trump repels followers and attacks the late Senator John McCain, Senator Bernie Sanders – one of his Democratic rivals for the next or Republican Senator Mitt Romney and former President Barack Obama.
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) called on all Americans to "condemn this staging of violence directed toward journalists and political opponents of the president."
"We have already told the president in the past that his rhetoric could incite violence, and we ask him today … to denounce this video and to say that violence has no place in our company, "said Jonathan Karl, president of the association.
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