Melania Trump breaks silence over Donald’s assassination attempt with plea for Americans to come ‘together as one’

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Melania Trump has broken her silence over the assassination attempt on her husband Donald Trump, making an impassioned plea for Americans to come “together as one”. Follow our live blog for updates on the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump Melania went on to call for unity across the country in the wake of the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday – a shooting that he survived but which left one spectator dead and two others critically injured. “The core facets of my husband’s life - his human side - were buried below the political machine.” The former first lady described her husband as a “generous and caring man who I have been with through the best of times and the worst of times.” The suspected shooter, later identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire jsut after 6pm from the rooftop of a nearby building, just outside the parameters of the rally. Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump arrive at the home of billionaire investor John Paulson on April 6, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida “I commend those of you who have reached out beyond the political divide - thank you for remembering that every single politician is a man or a woman with a loving family.” The former first lady has been largely absent from her husband’s campaign trail as he tries to take back the White House in November.