Trump survives assassination attempt
published : 15 Jul 2024 at 07:53
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Gary Boyle
Former US president Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday in an incident described as an assassination attempt.
Trump was shot in the ear and treated at a local medical facility, before taking to social media to ask Americans to "stand united".
One spectator at the rally was killed, and two others were critically injured.
The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, was shot and killed by the Secret Service but questions are now being asked, not only about the shooter’s motive, but about how lapses in security allowed the events to unfold.
President Joe Biden called the shooting "sick".
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Vocabulary
- assassination: the murder of a famous or important person, especially for political reasons - การลอบสังหาร
- attempt (noun): when a person tries to do something or achieve some goal, makes an effort to do it - ความพยายาม
- critically injured: very seriously injured and might die - อาการหนัก
- facility (noun): a building, equipment, etc., used for a particular purpose - โรงงาน, สถานบริการ, สิ่งก่อสร้าง, สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก
- lapse: a short or temporary period when you fail or forget to do something in the right way - การผิดพลาด, การพลาดพลั้ง
- motive: a reason for doing something - แรงจูงใจ
- secret service (noun): a government department that is responsible for protecting its government’s military and political secrets and for finding out the secrets of other governments - หน่วยสืบราชการลับ
- security: protection; safety from attack, harm, or damage - ความมั่นคง, ระบบรักษาความปลอดภั, ความปลอดภัย
- sickening: making you feel disgusted or shocked - ขยะแขยง
- spectator: a person who watches an activity without taking part - ผู้เข้าชม
- survive: to continue to live - มีชีวิตรอด
- unity: (n) the state of being in agreement and working together -
- Keywords
- Trump
- assassination
- US elections
- secret service
- Biden
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