WASHINGTON — President Biden is returning to the White House on Saturday night — cutting short a weekend stay at his beach home — following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
The 81-year-old president will leave the Delaware shore around 10:30 p.m. and reach the White House just after midnight, according to an updated schedule shared with reporters.
Biden will arrive at the White House via motorcade, meaning he will not walk past the press on the South Lawn, where he would face shouted questions from journalists.
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Biden said in Saturday evening remarks that the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., was “sick” and that he tried to call Trump, 78, while he was being treated at a Pittsburgh-area hospital.
The president did not appear to know that one of Trump’s rally attendees had been killed while giving those remarks.
Everything we know about apparent Trump assassination attempt
- Former President Donald Trump was targeted by a shooter during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania
- Trump’s face was grazed by a bullet during the shooting
- The gunman and one bystander have been killed
- President Biden addressed the nation and referred to the shooting as sick, saying he “tried to get ahold of Donald”
Keep up to date on updates with the Post’s live blog on the assassination attempt on Trump
“We have more detail to come relative to other injured — other people may be injured in the audience. I don’t have all that detail,” he said. “We’ll make that available to you. I may be able to come back a little later tonight, but we’ll put out a statement if we don’t — if I’m not able to, if it’s not convenient for you all.”