PRESIDENT Joe Biden opened up about what was discussed when he called Donald Trump shortly after an assassination attempt.
Biden made the revelation during a special interview on Monday.
“I told him how worried I was and he seemed fine, he seemed fine,” Biden told Lester Holt during an impromptu interview on NBC.
“He thanked me for calling,” Biden added.
The president later stated that violence had no place in America
“There is no place for violence in politics in America. We’ve reached a point where it’s become too common,” he said.
Biden’s revelation comes after the president commented that he was putting Donald Trump “on target”.
Later, Biden stressed that he was referring to the level of focus of Trump’s agenda at the time, insisting that it was not enough.
The president defended the statement by telling Holt that, in hindsight, he regrets using the word “target” after Saturday’s assassination attempt.
Despite the rhetoric used, Biden claims that his message remains the same.
“What I was saying at the time was that there is very little focus on Trump’s agenda.” the president told Holt.
“I didn’t mean aim or target,” Biden explained.
“I intended to focus on him, focus on what he’s doing, focus on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told in the debate, there’s a whole range of things,” Biden said.
“I wasn’t the guy who said he wanted to be a dictator from day one, I’m not the guy who refused to accept the election results,” he continued.
When asked if he thinks there is anything he said in the past that may have “incited” people, Biden again defended his previous statements.
“I’m not involved in that rhetoric,” he said.
After the assassination attempt, both Biden and Trump issued messages of unity.
During his 9-minute speech from the Oval Office, Biden appealed to his fellow Americans to be peaceful.
“My fellow Americans, I want to talk to you tonight about the need to lower the temperature in our politics,” Biden said.
“Remember, although we may disagree, we are not enemies. We are neighbors, we are friends, we are coworkers, we are citizens, and most importantly, we are fellow Americans.
“Disagreement is inevitable in American democracy,” Biden continued.
The president then said that politics should never be a “killing field”.
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