Correspondents' dinner firing: World leaders say political violence has no place in democracy
Published on: April 26, 2026, 3:20 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
WASHINGTON, Apr 26: World leaders expressed relief that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania and other guests were unharmed after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ dinner here on Saturday night and asserted that political violence has no place in a democracy. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has had frequent run-ins with Trump, described the shooting incident at the Washington Hilton hotel as a “disturbing event”. “I am relieved that the President, the First Lady, and […]
