Barack Obama condemns the armed attack in Washington: “Violence has no place in democracy.” The former president did not mention Trump by name

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Former US President Barack Obama condemned on Monday, April 27, the armed incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at Washingtonat which his successor was present Donald Trump (Donald Trump, given his two non-consecutive terms, is the successor to both Barack Obama and Joe Biden), AFP reports.

“Although we do not know the details of the motivations behind the gunfire yesterday (Saturday) evening at the Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the White House, we are all obliged to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy,” said the former Democratic president (2009-2017) on X.

Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all of us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy. It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice…

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 26, 2026

“I’m relieved to hear that the (Secret Service) agent who was injured is going to be OK,” Obama added, without mentioning Donald Trump.

According to Donald Trump, the man who tried to break into the press gala and was arrested wrote a manifesto.

He evokes a “very disturbed” person who “hates Christians”.

The American press writes that the suspect is a 31-year-old man, Cole Tomas Allen, a native of Torrance, California.

“They have pretty reliable information” about him, said Donald Trump.

“He had a lot of hatred in his heart for a while. He was very anti-Christian,” he declared.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, European leaders Emmanuel MacronKeir Starmer or Giorgia Meloni and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among other world leaders condemned this attack.

Emmanuel Macron, who denounced an “unacceptable” attack, expressed his “full support” for Trump. “Violence has no place in democracy,” he emphasized.