Trump's Raised Fist, Around The World: 20 Front Pages Of Assassination Attempt

Trump’s Raised Fist, Around The World: 20 Front Pages Of Assassination Attempt

The assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the American political landscape, and around the world. For the past two days, international newspapers have devoted their front pages to the dramatic attack at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the most serious attempt on a U.S. president since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.

Shock and disbelief dominated world front pages in the wake of the brazen assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Newspapers around the world featured shock headlines and striking photos of chaotic scenes in the immediate aftermath of the shooting late Saturday, which saw Trump shot in the ear while a spectator was killed, two others critically wounded. The perpetrator, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was fatally shot. The FBI continues to investigate possible motives for the shooting.

Here’s our selection of how newspapers chose to mark this historic moment in U.S. politics.

U.S.

The Washington Post –

ARGENTINA

MEXICO

BRAZIL

GERMANY

DENMARK

Ekstra Bladet –

ITALY

La Repubblica –

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

FRANCE

LibÃ©ration –

SPAIN

JAPAN

EGYPT

SAUDI ARABIA

ISRAEL

Israel Hayom –

ALGERIA

El Watan –