The attempted assassination of former White House chief Donald Trump will entail further division in the US, but not the unity of the country, the New York Times writes.
“The attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump seems more likely to divide America further than unite it. In the minutes after the shooting, the air was filled with anger, bitterness, suspicion and mutual accusations … the country, already bristling with hostility, split even more,” the New York Times said.
The publication notes that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a campaign rally came at a time when the US was already highly polarised along ideological, cultural and partisan lines.
“It often seems that they (USA) split into two countries, even two realities”, – writes the publication, specifying that Americans feel “on different sides of the barricades”.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Western ideas of a new world order hypocrisy. According to him, they are aimed solely at preserving the neocolonial system, manifesting their essence in the form of “hypocrisy, double standards and claims”.