How the world’s media reacted to the Trump shooting

The headline “Trump injured in rally shooting” could be found on The Washington Post, reporting that the former Apprentice host was “fine” after being rushed off-stage. “One spectator is killed, two others critically wounded”, wrote the liberal American daily paper, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon boss.

The New York Times reported that Trump was “hurt, but safe, after a shooting” with the suspected shooter and a member of the audience dead over an article about the GOP laying the grounds to legally contest the election.

Spain’s El Pais as well as Politico, the BBC’s homepage and the Sydney Morning Herald all included a dramatic quote from Trump after he got off-stage. “I felt the bullet ripping through the skin”, with The Guardian reporting Joe Biden’s call that “everybody must condemn” political violence.